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#11111 Rio Siapa, Rio Casiquiare tributary, Venezuela

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Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, Amazonas

The Rio Siapa is a tributary of the Casiquare Canal, the major waterway connecting the Orinoco and Amazon river basins. With its low gradient, the Casiquiare should act as a relatively easy channel for which fish could use to traverse between the basins, but due to its specific water chemistry, only a relatively small number of fish species can move freely between these basins.

Submitted by
Logan Judd
Geographical region
South America
Drainage Basin
Amazon basin
River catchment
Amazon
Water body type
Igarapè
Water body name
Siapa river
Water body part
Channel
Water body course
Lower course
Water body: tributary of
Igarapè
Tributary name
Siapa River

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Water Chemistry

Water information

Water type
Freshwater
Water color
Black water
Water transparency
High
Concentration of sediments
No
Water temperature
°C
Water flow/curent
Slow

Chemical parameters

pH
Conductivity
GH
dGH
KH
dKH
Dissolved Oxygen

Substrate in nature

Sand
White
Pebble/Gravel
Stone
Brown
Stone form
Silt/Mud
Leaves
Many
Driftwood
Many
Submerged terrestrial vegetation

Aquatic Biotope

Date of collecting
Collecting area
Water depth
Air temperature
Sunlight

Environment

Environment
Human settlements
Human settlements
Surrounding area
Underwater landscape

Fish:

  • Nannostomus eques (Lebiasinidae)
  • Nannostomus marginatus (Lebiasinidae)
  • Apistogramma uaupesi (Cichlidae)
  • Copella nattereri (Lebiasinidae)
  • Carnegiella strigata (Gasteropelecidae)
  • Poecilocharax weitzmani (Crenuchidae)
  • Paracheirodon axelrodi (Characidae)
Threats to ecology

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