Vaupés River

Vaupés River is a tributary of the Rio Negro in . It rises in the Vaupes Department of , flowing east through . It forms part of the international border between the Vaupés department of Colombia and the state of .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: tributary of the Rio Negro in South America.
  • Also known as: Rio Caiari”, “Rio Caiary”, “Rio Cayari”, “Rio Uaapés”, “Rio Uapes”, “Rio Uapés”, and “Vaupes River

Vaupés River

Latitude
0.09372° or 0° 5′ 37″ north
Longitude
-67.34038° or 67° 20′ 25″ west
Elevation
74 metres (243 feet)
Open location code
67GJ3MV5+FR
Geo­Names ID
3661742
Wiki­data ID
Q14290
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Vaupés River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Ríu Vaupés
  • Basque: Vaupés
  • Breton: Stêr Vaupés
  • Catalan: riu Vaupés
  • Catalan: Riu Vaupés
  • Cebuano: Río Vaupés
  • Chinese: 沃佩斯河
  • Croatian: Vaupés (rijeka)
  • Croatian: Vaupés
  • Dutch: Vaupés River
  • French: rio Uaupés
  • French: río Vaupés
  • French: Río Vaupés
  • Galician: río Vaupés
  • German: Rio Uaupes
  • German: Rio Uaupés
  • German: Rio Vaupes
  • German: Río Vaupés
  • German: Uaupes
  • German: Uaupés
  • Irish: Abhainn Vaupés
  • Italian: Rio Vaupés
  • Japanese: ヴァウペス川
  • Japanese: バウペス川
  • Korean: 바우페스강
  • Lithuanian: Vaupesas
  • Mingrelian: ვაუპესი (წყარმალუ)
  • Mingrelian: ვაუპესი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vaupés
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Vaupés
  • Norwegian: Vaupés
  • Persian: رود وائوپس
  • Polish: Río Vaupés
  • Portuguese: Rio Uaupés
  • Serbo-Croatian: Vaupés
  • South Azerbaijani: ووپس چایی
  • Spanish: Río Vaupés
  • Spanish: Vaupes
  • Spanish: Vaupés
  • Swedish: Río Vaupés
  • Turkish: Vaupés Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Ваупес
  • Venetian: Fiume Vaupés
  • Vietnamese: Sông Vaupés
  • Vietnamese: Vaupés River
  • Welsh: Afon Vaupés

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