The Tomebamba River is a river of
Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...
. It runs through the city of
Cuenca and merges with the
Machángara River forming the
Matadero River in the basin of the
Amazon River and the
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the ...
.
See also
*
List of rivers of Ecuador
The rivers of Ecuador are an important part of the nation's geography and economy. Most of the over 2,000 rivers and streamsTerry have headwaters in the Andes mountain range, flowing therefrom either westward toward the Pacific Ocean or eastward to ...
References
* Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
GEOnet Names ServerWater Resources Assessment of Ecuador
Rivers of Ecuador
Geography of Azuay Province
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