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Rio Cautário, Rio Guaporé affluent, Madeira, Brazil

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Brazil, Rondônia, Conceição - Príncipe da Beira, Costa Marques

Rio Cautário River is a river of Rondônia state in western Brazil. It is a right tributary of the Guaporé River. The Cautário River rises in the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous Territory. It is fed by streams from the 650m (2,130 ft) Serra Uopianes and the 750m (2,460 ft) Serra Pacaás Novos.

The river runs in a southwest direction, forming the boundary between the Rio Cautário Federal Extractive Reserve and the Rio Cautário State Extractive Reserve. It flows into the Guaporé/Mamoré river, which in turn feeds the Madeira River at the city of Nova Mamoré.

Submitted by
Abhineet Prakash Anand
Approved by
Roberto E. Reis & Pablo C. Lehmann
GPS
-12.2068195, -64.5939102
Geographical region
South America
Drainage Basin
Rio Amazonas
River catchment
Rio Madeira
Water body type
River
Water body name
Cautario
Water body part
Meander
Water body course
Lower course
Water body: tributary of
Rio
Tributary name
Guaporé

Videos above and below water


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Water Chemistry

Water information

Water type
fresh-water
Water color
Clear water
Water transparency
Concentration of sediments
Low
Water temperature
18-30 °C
Water flow/curent
Slow

Chemical parameters

pH
6.8
Conductivity
80
GH
17.8 mg/l
dGH
KH
1 mg/l
dKH
Dissolved Oxygen

Substrate in nature

Sand
Beige
Pebble/Gravel
Mixed
Stone
Brown
Stone form
Irregular
Silt/Mud
Beige
Leaves
Few
Driftwood
Many
Submerged terrestrial vegetation
Yes

Aquatic Biotope

Date of collecting
27 February, 2024
Collecting area
River bank
Water depth
1,0m
Air temperature
32 °C
Sunlight
Full sun

Environment

Environment
Untouched
Surrounding area

The most rugged stretch is between Redenção e Bom Destino. It is navigable, even in the middle section around Bom Destino, but only in the rainy season. During the dry season the river bed has extensive sandbanks. It has rapids, but always with a drop of less than 2m (6.7ft).

Underwater landscape

Aquatic vegetation found is Pontederia azurea, Echinodorus spp., Ludwigia spp., Cabomba furcata, Myriophyllum sp., Hydrocotyle leucocephala, Elodea najas, Salvinia auriculata, Pistia stratiotes, Cyperus sp. and many more depends of water mark during high and low water levels. Although in dry warm season it only has sandy bottom with driftwoods and rocks.

Threats to ecology

The Cautário River has clear waters fed by a region without major deforestation and silting of the river’s margins.

Riparian zone

Trees near the aquatic habitat
Many -