Juruá River

For the city in Amazonas state in Brazil, see Juruá, Amazonas.

Yuruá River
Yuruá River taken from the International Space Station
Map of the Amazon Basin with the Juruá River highlighted
Location
Country	Brazil, Peru
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Ucayali Region, Peru
• coordinates	10°5′36.4776″S 72°11′56.4576″W
• elevation	377 m (1,237 ft)
Mouth	Amazon River
• coordinates	2°38′9″S 65°45′22″W
• elevation	36 m (118 ft)
Length	2,682.29 km (1,666.70 mi) 3,283 km (2,040 mi)
Basin size	190,573 km2 (73,581 mi2)
Discharge
• location	Confluence of Solimões, Amazonas State (near mouth)
• average	(Period: 1979–2015)6,004.1 m3/s (212,030 cu ft/s) (Period: 1973–1990)6,600 m3/s (230,000 cu ft/s) (Period: 1971–2000)6,662.1 m3/s (235,270 cu ft/s)
Discharge
• location	Gavião, Amazonas State (Basin size: 163,859 km2 (63,266 sq mi)
• average	(Period: 1979–2015)4,844 m3/s (171,100 cu ft/s) (Period of data: 1970–1996)4,780 m3/s (169,000 cu ft/s)
Discharge
• location	Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre State (Basin size: 38,537 km2 (14,879 sq mi)
• average	(Period of data: 1970–1996)913 m3/s (32,200 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Amazon → Atlantic Ocean
River system	Solimões
Tributaries
• left	Môa, Ipixuna
• right	Gregório, Tarauaca, Xerua, Andirá

The Juruá River (Portuguese: Rio Juruá [ʒuɾuˈa]; Spanish: Río Yuruá) is a southern affluent river of the Amazon River west of the Purus River. The Juruá emerges from highlands in east-central Peru, then winds its way through lowlands in Brazil, sharing with this the bottom of the immense inland Amazon depression; and having all the characteristics of the Purus as regards curvature, sluggishness and general features of the low, half-flooded forest country it traverses.

For most of its length, the river flows through the Purus várzea ecoregion. This is surrounded by the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion. The Juruá rises among the Ucayali highlands, and is navigable and unobstructed for a distance of 1,133 km (704 mi) above its junction with the Amazon. It has a total length of approximately 3,283 km (2,040 mi), and is one of the longest tributaries of the Amazon.

The 251,577-hectare (621,660-acre) Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve, created in 1997, is on the left bank of the river as it meanders in a generally northeast direction through the municipality of Carauari. The lower Juruá River forms the western boundary of the 187,982 hectares (464,510 acres) Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve, created in 2001. Since 2018, the lower portion of the river in Brazil has been designated a protected Ramsar site.