The Chapare River is a

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

, which is a tributary of the

Mamoré River The Mamoré is a large river in Brazil and Bolivia which unites with the Madre de Dios River to form the Madeira, one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon. It rises on the northern slope of the Sierra de Cochabamba, east of the city of Cochaba ...

in the

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. The river has its source at the confluence of

Espíritu Santo River The Espíritu Santo River is a Bolivian river in the Cochabamba Department, Chapare Province, Villa Tunari Municipality.

and San Mateo River in the

Cochabamba Department Cochabamba (, , ), from Quechua ''qucha'' or ''qhucha'', meaning "lake", ''pampa'' meaning "plain", is one of the nine departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the " granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products from ...

Villa Tunari Villa Tunari or Tunari is a location in the department of Cochabamba Department, Cochabamba, Bolivia. It is the seat of the Villa Tunari Municipality, the third Municipalities of Bolivia, municipal section of the Chapare Province. According to t ...

. It is the main waterway of

Chapare Province Chapare (, also called The Chapare, is a rural province in the northern region of Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. Most of the territory consists of valley rainforests that surround the area's main waterway, the Chapare River, which is ...

in central Bolivia. File:Villa Tunari-nX-5.jpg, San Matéo River and

Espíritu Santo River The Espíritu Santo River is a Bolivian river in the Cochabamba Department, Chapare Province, Villa Tunari Municipality.

confluence to form Chapare River at

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Chapare River Floods
Rivers of Cochabamba Department {{Bolivia-river-stub

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