Abuna River

Abuna River

The Abuna River ( _es. Río Abuná, _pt. Rio Abunã) is a river in South America. As a part of the Amazon Basin, it forms part of the border between northern Bolivia and north-western Brazil.

The river has a total length of convert|375|km. It is rising in several streams east of the Cordillera Oriental of the Peruvian Andes. The river is navigable for circa convert|320|km in its lower northeastern part. At Manoa it joins the Río Madeira, a tributary of the Amazon. Opposite the river mouth there is the town of Abunã on the Brazilian side of the confluence.


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