Japurá River

The Japurá River or Caquetá River is a 2,820 kilometres long river in the Amazon basin. It rises in Colombia and flows eastward through Brazil to join the Amazon River.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in South America
  • Also known as: Caqueta River”, “Japura River”, “Rio Caqueta”, “Rio Japurá”, and “Yapura

Japurá River

Latitude
-3.13333° or 3° 8′ south
Longitude
-64.76667° or 64° 46′ west
Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)
Open location code
678QV68M+M8
Geo­Names ID
3663814
Wiki­data ID
Q171840
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Japurá River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Rio Japurá
  • Arabic: نهر جابورا
  • Arabic: نهر كاكيتا
  • Armenian: Ժապուրա
  • Asturian: Ríu Caquetá
  • Azerbaijani: Japura çayı
  • Basque: Caquetá
  • Belarusian: Жапура
  • Belarusian: Рака Жапура
  • Bulgarian: Жапура
  • Catalan: riu Caquetá
  • Catalan: Riu Caquetá
  • Catalan: Riu Caquetà
  • Catalan: Riu Japurá
  • Catalan: Riu Yapura
  • Cebuano: Japura River
  • Chinese: 雅普拉河
  • Chuvash: Жапура
  • Croatian: Japura
  • Croatian: Japurá
  • Czech: Caqueta
  • Czech: Caquetá
  • Czech: Japura
  • Czech: Japurá
  • Czech: Yapura
  • Dutch: Japura
  • Dutch: Japurá
  • Dutch: Rio Caqueta
  • Dutch: Río Caquetá
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر جابورا
  • Esperanto: Rivero Kaketao
  • Estonian: Japura jõgi
  • Estonian: Japurá jõgi
  • Estonian: Japura
  • Estonian: Japurá
  • Finnish: Caquetá
  • Finnish: Japura
  • Finnish: Japurá
  • French: Rio Caqueta
  • French: río Caquetá
  • French: Río Caquetá
  • French: Rio Japura
  • French: Rio Japurá
  • French: Río Japurá
  • French: Rio Yapura
  • French: Rio Yapurá
  • French: Rio Yupura
  • French: Yapura
  • Galician: Río Caquetá
  • Galician: Río Japurá
  • Georgian: ჟაპურა
  • German: Caquetá
  • German: Japurá
  • German: Río Caquetá
  • German: Rio Japurá
  • German: Río Japurá
  • German: Rio Yapura
  • German: Río Yapura
  • German: Yapura
  • Greek: Ζαπουρά
  • Greek: Κακετά
  • Greek: Ποταμός Ζαπουρά
  • Greek: Ρίο Κακετά
  • Hebrew: ז’פורה
  • Hindi: जापरा नदी
  • Hungarian: Caquetá
  • Irish: Abhainn Japurá
  • Italian: Caquetá
  • Italian: Rio Japurá
  • Japanese: ジャプラー川
  • Japanese: ジャプラ川
  • Korean: 자푸라강
  • Latin: Iapura
  • Latvian: Žapura
  • Lithuanian: Kaketa
  • Lithuanian: Žapūra
  • Macedonian: Жапура
  • Mazanderani: ژاپورا
  • Mingrelian: ჟაპურა
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Japura
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Japurá
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Caqueta-elva
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Caquetá-elva
  • Norwegian: Japurá
  • Ossetian: Жапура
  • Persian: رود جاپورا
  • Polish: Japurá
  • Portuguese: Rio Japurá
  • Russian: Жапура
  • Russian: Какета
  • Russian: Хапура
  • Russian: Япура
  • Saterfriesisch: Japurá
  • Serbian: Žapura
  • Serbian: Жапура
  • Serbian: Какета
  • Serbo-Croatian: Japura
  • South Azerbaijani: ژاپورا چایی
  • Spanish: Caqueta
  • Spanish: Caquetá
  • Spanish: Japura
  • Spanish: Japurá
  • Spanish: Rio Caqueiá
  • Spanish: Rio Caqueta
  • Spanish: Rio Caquetá
  • Spanish: Río Caqueta
  • Spanish: Río Caquetá
  • Spanish: Rio Japurá
  • Spanish: Rio Yapura
  • Spanish: Rio Yapurá
  • Spanish: Río Yapura
  • Spanish: Río Yapurá
  • Swedish: Japura River
  • Swedish: Japuráfloden
  • Turkish: Japurá Nehri
  • Turkish: Rio Japurá
  • Ukrainian: Жапура
  • Venetian: Fiume Caquetá
  • Vietnamese: Sông Japura
  • Vietnamese: Sông Japurá
  • Welsh: Afon Caquetá
  • Welsh: Afon Japurá
  • Western Panjabi: جاپورا دریا

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