Madeira River

river in Bolivia and Brazil
Place river Q118251
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Summary

Madeira River is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,305 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pando Department[3], Rondônia[4], Amazonas[5]
  • Country: Brazil[6], Bolivia[7]
  • Basin country: Bolivia[8], Brazil[9], Peru[10]
  • Commons category: Madeira River[11]
  • Mouth of the watercourse: Amazon[12]
  • Origin of the watercourse: Mamoré River[13], Beni River[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Madeira River[15]
  • Commons gallery: Río Madeira[16]
  • Tributary: Abuna River[17], Aripuanã River[18], Mamoré River[19], Beni River[20], Ji-Paraná River[21], Canumã River[22], Dos Marmelos River[23], Jamari River[24], Mataurá River[25], Maici-Mirim[26], Mariepauá River[27]
  • Category for the water basin: Category:Madeira Basin[28]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[29], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[30], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[31], The New Student's Reference Work[32], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[33]
  • Native label: Rio Madeira[34]
  • Length: 1450 km[35]
  • Watershed area: 1,420,000 km²[36]
  • Discharge: 31,200 cubic metre per second[37]
  • Drainage basin: Amazon basin[38]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[39]

Why It Matters

Madeira River has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . horizon.documentation.ird.fr. horizon.documentation.ird.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . portalbrasil.net. portalbrasil.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 81
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bh', 'bn'
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  2. 20d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 81
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → 15428528n
    National library of chile id → 000131857
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bh', 'bn'
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0): XX5426071"
  3. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → madeira-river-brazil-and-bolivia
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: madeira-river-brazil-and-bolivia, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289944382|madeira river brazil and bolivia (#289944382)]] in [[:toollabs:"
  4. 23w ago · Gower · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of → —
    Image purged license → —
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890) +2
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||pl */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30588|batch #30588]]: Brazil rivers (Amazonas) +Dpl"
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