River
Jaguaribe River
610 km from source to mouth · Brazil.
BrazilFlows into Atlantic Ocean
In numbers
Length
610km
Average flow
110m³/s
Basin
75,669km²
Drop
508m
from 483 m to -25 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
610 km of river and 23 stops on the way: 12 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 483 m
- 54 kmSão João dos Inhamuns29,188 people
- 142 kmSaboeiro13,854 people
- 199 kmJucás24,892 people
- 202 kmCariús18,699 people
- 212 kmCariús Rivertributary
- 236 kmIguatu98,064 people
- 292 kmOrós Reservoir61 km²
- 292 kmOrós Dam
- 294 kmOrós21,384 people
- 312 kmSalgado Rivertributary
- 360 kmJaguaribe33,726 people
- 424 kmJaguaribara11,492 people
- 437 kmLagoa Grande0.9 km²
- 442 kmLagoa do Cabriel0.7 km²
- 444 kmFigueiredo Rivertributary
- 451 kmLagoa do Umari0.8 km²
- 469 kmLagoa do Teiú0.5 km²
- 482 kmBanabuiú Rivertributary
- 484 kmLimoeiro do Norte59,890 people
- 540 kmJaguaruana31,701 people
- 579 kmAracati44,293 people
- 582 kmPalhano Rivertributary
- 592 kmFortim16,631 people
- 610 kmAtlantic Oceanat -25 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Ceará, Brazil
At the mouth it carries 111 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 23 seconds. It drops from 483 m to -25 m, 0.8 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 75,669 km², about the size of PA. 2.4 million people live in it. Highest water: April; lowest: from September to December. It is heavily dammed: reservoirs can hold 87% of a year's flow.
Where to start
- IguatuLargest city on its banks · 98,064 people
- Dix-Sept Rosado Airport (MVF)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 250 km from the cityCar hire at MVF airport (Mossoró)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water4 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From June to AugustThe best months to visit
Jaguaribe River, month by month
Highest water: April
Lowest water: from September to December. Best months to visit: from June to August.
From about 47 m³/s in the lowest month to 190 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
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The basin
Jaguaribe River: the basin in numbers
73,470 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 2.4millionpeople live in the basin
- 33/km²people per km²
- 355maverage altitude of the basin
- 785mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 25.7°Caverage air temperature
- 7%protected areas
- 0.3%covered by lakes
- 3.1km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 43% Forest
- 13% Cropland
- 21% Pasture
- 1% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Jaguaribe River: what you find on the way
- 39Weirs
- 1Boat rampsRampa de Lançamento
- 3Marinas
- 1River beachesPraia Pedregal
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.3 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Jaguaribe River in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
5lakes on its wayLakeyas
7beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
1mountain at the sourcePeakyas
Lakes and reservoirs (5)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Orós Reservoirkm 30261km²
- Lagoa Grandekm 4530.9km²
- Lagoa do Cabrielkm 4580.7km²
- Lagoa do Umarikm 4670.8km²
- Lagoa do Teiúkm 4860.5km²
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Beaches (7)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Praia de Majorlândia18 km away28.9°C
- Praia de Canoa Quebrada13 km away28.9°C
- Praia do Paraíso17 km away28.9°C
- Praia do Parajuru12 km away28.9°C
- Praia de Quixaba20 km away28.9°C
- Praia do Canto Verde25 km away28.9°C
- Praia de Lagoa do Mato24 km away28.9°C
Mountains at the source (1)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Serra Bom Jesus5.7 km away
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Jaguaribe River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (9)
Also: Banabuiú River, Salgado River, Cariús River, Figueiredo River, Palhano River, Conceição River, Sangue River, Truçu River, Jucá River
Nearby
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Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q2460373) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed along the river network from the point given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Lakeyas, Coastya, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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