Purus River
The Purus River is a tributary of the Amazon River in South America. Its drainage basin is 371,042 km/s. The river shares its name with the Alto Purús National Park and the Purús Province, one of the four provinces of Peru in the Ucayali Region.- Watercourse
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
- Also known as“Azara”“Río Purús”
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
-3.68321° or 3° 40′ 60″ south
Longitude
-61.47349° or 61° 28′ 25″ west
Open location code
678W8G8G+PJ
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