Chandless River is a river of

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

and the

Acre The acre ( ) is a Unit of measurement, unit of land area used in the Imperial units, British imperial and the United States customary units#Area, United States customary systems. It is traditionally defined as the area of one Chain (unit), ch ...

state in western

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, named after the British explorer William Chandless. It is a tributary of the

Purus River The Purus River (Portuguese: ''Rio Purus''; Spanish: ''Río Purús'') is a tributary of the Amazon River in South America. Its drainage basin is , and the mean annual discharge is . The river shares its name with the Alto Purús National Park a ...

The river originates in Peru. After crossing the border into Brazil it flows in a north east direction through the

Chandless State Park The Chandless State Park () is a State park (Brazil), state park in the state of Acre (state), Acre, Brazil. It protects an important but relatively unexplored region of rainforest with bamboos holding great biodiversity. It is valuable as an ecol ...

, created in 2004, which protects an area of rainforest with bamboos that contains various endemic species of flora and fauna. The main tributaries of the Chandless in this section are the Cuchichá and Chandless-chá streams. The Cuchicá forms the northern border of the park to the point where it joins the Chandless. The Chandless joins the Purus to the north of the park.

References

Brazilian Ministry of Transport
Rivers of Acre (state) Rivers of Peru International rivers of South America {{AcreBR-river-stub

See also

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