Araguaia River | |
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![]() A tree in the Araguaia National Park in flood season | |
![]() Map of the Araguaia/Tocantins Watershed | |
Native name | Rio Araguaia (Portuguese) |
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
State | Goiás, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Pará |
Cities | Aragarças, Barra do Garças |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Araguaia River |
• location | Mineiros, Goiás |
• coordinates | 18°02′02″S 53°03′47″W / 18.034°S 53.063°W |
• elevation | 858 m (2,815 ft) |
Mouth | Tocantins River |
• location | São João do Araguaia, Pará |
• coordinates | 5°22′34″S 48°43′08″W / 5.37611°S 48.71889°W |
• elevation | 90 m (300 ft) |
Length | 2,627 km (1,632 mi) |
Basin size | 377,000 km2 (146,000 sq mi)[2] 358,125 km2 (138,273 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• location | Conceição do Araguaia, Brazil (Basin size: 358,125 km2 (138,273 sq mi)) |
• average | 6,172 m3/s (218,000 cu ft/s) 6,216 m3/s (219,500 cu ft/s) |
Discharge | |
• location | Confluence of Tocantins |
• average | 6,420 m3/s (227,000 cu ft/s)[2] 6,500 m3/s (230,000 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
River system | Tocantins basin |
The Araguaia River (Portuguese: Rio Araguaia [ˈʁi.u aɾaˈɡwajjɐ], Karajá: ♂ Berohokỹ [beɾohoˈkə̃], ♀ Bèrakuhukỹ [bɛɾakuhuˈkə̃])[1] is one of the major rivers of Brazil, and a tributary of the Tocantins River.
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