River
Jequitinhonha River
1,030 km from source to mouth · Brazil.
BrazilFlows into Atlantic Ocean
In numbers
Length
1,030km
Average flow
480m³/s
Basin
73,000km²
Drop
915m
from 915 m to 0 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
1,030 km of river and 18 stops on the way: 8 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 915 m
- 179 kmTabatinga Rivertributary
- 313 kmCachoeira Feia
- 397 kmItacambiruçu Rivertributary
- 411 kmCachoeira do Marimbo
- 445 kmCachoeira do Jacaré
- 449 kmCoronel Murta8,200 people
- 484 kmAraçuaí Rivertributary
- 526 kmItinga13,745 people
- 531 kmItinga Rivertributary
- 563 kmItaobim19,151 people
- 645 kmJequitinhonha24,007 people
- 698 kmAlmenara40,364 people
- 703 kmSão Francisco Rivertributary
- 754 kmJacinto11,042 people
- 789 kmCachoeira Santana
- 807 kmCachoeira do Salto Grande
- 863 kmItapebi9,174 people
- 977 kmBelmonte20,121 people
- 1,030 kmAtlantic Oceanat 0 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Brazil
At the mouth it carries 485 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 5.2 seconds. It drops from 915 m to 0 m, 0.9 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 73,000 km², about the size of SL. 866,000 people live in it. Highest water: from December to January; lowest: from June to September. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (18% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- AlmenaraLargest city on its banks · 40,364 people
- Glauber de Andrade Rocha Airport (VDC)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 144 km from the cityCar hire at VDC airport (Vitória da Conquista)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water16 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Jequitinhonha River, month by month
Highest water: from December to January
Lowest water: from June to September. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 110 m³/s in the lowest month to 1,200 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
Jequitinhonha River: the basin in numbers
70,981 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 866,000people live in the basin
- 12/km²people per km²
- 687maverage altitude of the basin
- 987mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 21.9°Caverage air temperature
- 4%protected areas
- 0.1%covered by lakes
- 2.8km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 20% Forest
- 4% Cropland
- 32% Pasture
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
Jequitinhonha River: what you find on the way
- 2WaterfallsCachoeira do Poção, Cachoeira do Comércio
- 1Boat ramps
- 15Ferry piers
- 3River beachesPraia do Ferreira, Praia do Lajedinho, Praia dos Canoeiros
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.3 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Jequitinhonha 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.
5waterfalls on the riverCascadyas
Waterfalls (5)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- Cachoeira Feiakm 291
- Cachoeira do Marimbokm 383
- Cachoeira do Jacarékm 415
- Cachoeira Santanakm 736
- Cachoeira do Salto Grandekm 752
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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
Jequitinhonha River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (12)
Also: Araçuaí River, Tabatinga River, Itacambiruçu River, Itinga River, Macaúba River, Rubim do Sul River, Salinas River, São Francisco River, Piauí River, Rubim do Norte River, Vacaria River, São Miguel River
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Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q2742774) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth 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 | Cascadyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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