Japurá

[ Portuguese zhah-poo-rah ]

noun

1. a river flowing E from the Andes in SW Colombia through NW Brazil to the Amazon. 1,750 miles (2,820 km) long.

Japurá

/ ʒapuˈra /

noun

1. a river in NW South America, rising in SW Colombia and flowing southeast across Colombia and Brazil to join the Amazon near Tefé: known as the Caquetá in Colombia. Length: about 2800 km (1750 miles) Spanish nameYapurá

Example Sentences

He said he had brought out a shallow-draught river boat, and he was taking her up the Rio Japura.

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He was going to take that boat up the Japura, and youd have thought it was above Boulters Lock.

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The provisional line starts from the Japura river (known as the Caqueta in Colombia) in lat.

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