Ichilo River is a

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n river at the foot of the Eastern

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. It lends its name to the

Ichilo Province Ichilo is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivian Santa Cruz Department and is situated in the department's north-western parts. The province was founded by a decree of 8 April 1926 and is named after Río Ichilo Rio or Río is the Portugu ...

, one of the 15 provinces of the

Santa Cruz Department Santa Cruz () is the largest of the nine constituent departments of Bolivia, occupying about one-third (33.74%) of the country's territory. With an area of , it is slightly smaller than Japan or the US state of Montana. It is located in the ...

of Bolivia.

Location

Ichilo River has its source in Manuel Maria Caballero Province in

at an elevation of 2,437 m at the foothills of the Racete range, where it is named ''Alto Ichilo'' (Upper Ichilo). In its course, after joining San Matéo, it is called Ichilo, flowing in a northerly direction, where it forms the border between 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 ...

and the Santa Cruz Department.

Flow Conditions

From its source to the mouth into the

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, the river has a total length of 2,455 km. The Ichilo itself has a length of 632 km and a catchment area of 15,660 km². It maximum depth is 18.6 m, right below Puerto Villarroel at km 100. Its maximum width is 420 m at km 75. The Ichilo is one of the Bolivian rivers with a high amount of water.

Tributaries

The most important tributaries of the Ichilo are the Bolivian

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, Chapare,

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, Víbora, Chimoré, Choré, Ibaresito, Ibabo and Useuta rivers.

Urban Areas

Ichilo River passes the metropolitan area of Santa Cruz in the west, the largest cities on the riverbanks is ''Puerto Villaroel''.

References

External links

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(Spanish) {{Coord, 17, 49, S, 64, 13, W, region:BO_type:river_source:dewiki, display=title Rivers of Cochabamba Department Rivers of Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)