Введение
(Период: 1979–2015)
| максимальный расход1 =
| источник1 = Слияние рек Кужар и Куриужа
| местоположение источника1 = Регион Укаяли, Перу
| координаты источника1 =
| высота источника1 =
| источник2 = Приблизительная область наиболее удаленного истока. Истоки реки Кужар.
| местоположение источника2 = Регион Укаяли, Перу
| координаты источника2 =
| высота источника2 =
| discharge1 max =
| source1 = Confluence of Cujar and Curiuja rivers
| source1 location = Ucayali Region, Peru
| source1 coordinates =
| source1 elevation =
| source2 = Most distant source approximate area. Headwaters of Cujar River. | source2 location = Ucayali Region, Peru
| source2 coordinates =
| source2 elevation =
| mouth location =
| mouth coordinates =
| mouth elevation =
| progression =Amazon → Atlantic Ocean
| river system = Solimões
| basin size = to
| tributaries left = Inauini, Pauini, Tapauá
| tributaries right = Chandless, Iaco, Acre, Sepatini, Ituxi, Mucuim, Itaparaná
| custom label =
| custom data =
| extra =
| discharge2 location = Arumã Jusante, Amazonas State (
| discharge2 avg = (Period of data: 1970–1996)
| discharge3 location = Lábrea, Amazonas State (Basin size:
| discharge3 avg = (Period of data: 1970–1996)
It runs through a continuous forest at the bottom of the great depression, lying between the Madeira River, which skirts the edge of the Brazilian sandstone plateau, and the Ucayali River, which hugs the base of the Andes. In the state of Amazonas the river runs through the Arapixi Extractive Reserve, created in 2006 and past the town of Boca do Acre at the end of the BR 317 highway. Further down, it forms the west boundary of the Purus National Forest, created in 1988. From the town of Pauini down to the town of Lábrea the river is bordered by the Médio Purus Extractive Reserve, created in 2008. Below this it runs through the Canutama Extractive Reserve along the stretch between the towns of Lábrea and Canutama. In the lowest reaches the river flows through the Piagaçu Purus Sustainable Development Reserve, established in 2003, which holds a large part of its floodplain. It enters the Amazon River west of the Madeira River, which it parallels as far south as the falls of the latter stream. William Chandless found its elevation above sea level to be only 107 feet (33 m) 590 mile (950 km) from its mouth. It is one of the most crooked streams in the world, and its length in a straight line is less than half of its length following its curves. It is practically only a drainage ditch for the half submerged, lake flooded district it crosses. Its width is very uniform for 1000 mile (1609 km) up, and for 800 mile (1287 km) its depth is never less than 45 feet (14 m).
| местоположение устья =
| координаты устья =
| высота устья =
| направление течения = Амазонка → Атлантический океан
| речная система = Солимойнс
| размер бассейна =
| притоки слева = Инауини, Пауини, Тапауа
| притоки справа = Чандлес, Иако, Акре, Сепатини, Итукси, Мукуим, Итапарана
| пользовательская метка =
| пользовательские данные =
| дополнительно =
| местоположение измерения расхода2 = Аруман Жусанте, штат Амазонас (
| средний расход2 = (Период данных: 1970–1996)
| местоположение измерения расхода3 = Лабреа, штат Амазонас (Размер бассейна:
| средний расход3 = (Период данных: 1970–1996)
| discharge1 max =
| source1 = Confluence of Cujar and Curiuja rivers
| source1 location = Ucayali Region, Peru
| source1 coordinates =
| source1 elevation =
| source2 = Most distant source approximate area. Headwaters of Cujar River. | source2 location = Ucayali Region, Peru
| source2 coordinates =
| source2 elevation =
| mouth location =
| mouth coordinates =
| mouth elevation =
| progression =Amazon → Atlantic Ocean
| river system = Solimões
| basin size = to
| tributaries left = Inauini, Pauini, Tapauá
| tributaries right = Chandless, Iaco, Acre, Sepatini, Ituxi, Mucuim, Itaparaná
| custom label =
| custom data =
| extra =
| discharge2 location = Arumã Jusante, Amazonas State (
| discharge2 avg = (Period of data: 1970–1996)
| discharge3 location = Lábrea, Amazonas State (Basin size:
| discharge3 avg = (Period of data: 1970–1996)
It runs through a continuous forest at the bottom of the great depression, lying between the Madeira River, which skirts the edge of the Brazilian sandstone plateau, and the Ucayali River, which hugs the base of the Andes. In the state of Amazonas the river runs through the Arapixi Extractive Reserve, created in 2006 and past the town of Boca do Acre at the end of the BR 317 highway. Further down, it forms the west boundary of the Purus National Forest, created in 1988. From the town of Pauini down to the town of Lábrea the river is bordered by the Médio Purus Extractive Reserve, created in 2008. Below this it runs through the Canutama Extractive Reserve along the stretch between the towns of Lábrea and Canutama. In the lowest reaches the river flows through the Piagaçu Purus Sustainable Development Reserve, established in 2003, which holds a large part of its floodplain. It enters the Amazon River west of the Madeira River, which it parallels as far south as the falls of the latter stream. William Chandless found its elevation above sea level to be only 107 feet (33 m) 590 mile (950 km) from its mouth. It is one of the most crooked streams in the world, and its length in a straight line is less than half of its length following its curves. It is practically only a drainage ditch for the half submerged, lake flooded district it crosses. Its width is very uniform for 1000 mile (1609 km) up, and for 800 mile (1287 km) its depth is never less than 45 feet (14 m).
Река протекает через сплошной лес на дне обширной депрессии, расположенной между рекой Мадейра, огибающей край Бразильского песчаникового плато, и рекой Укаяли, примыкающей к подножию Анд. В штате Амазонас река протекает через заповедник Арапиши, созданный в 2006 году, и мимо города Бока-ду-Акре, расположенного в конце шоссе BR 317. Далее вниз по течению она образует западную границу Национального леса Пурус, созданного в 1988 году. От города Пауини до города Лабреа река граничит с экстрактивным заповедником Медиу Пурус, созданным в 2008 году. Ниже по течению она протекает через экстрактивный заповедник Канутама вдоль участка между городами Лабреа и Канутама. В нижнем течении река протекает через заповедник устойчивого развития Пьягасу Пурус, основанный в 2003 году, который охватывает большую часть ее поймы. Река впадает в Амазонку к западу от реки Мадейра, которой она параллельна до водопадов последней. Уильям Чандлес установил, что ее высота над уровнем моря составляет всего 33 метра (107 футов) в 950 километрах (590 милях) от устья. Это одна из самых извилистых рек в мире, и ее длина по прямой линии составляет менее половины ее фактической длины. Фактически, это лишь дренажный канал для полузатопленной, заливной озера местности, которую она пересекает. Ее ширина остается практически неизменной на протяжении 1609 километров (1000 миль), а глубина на протяжении 1287 километров (800 миль) никогда не бывает меньше 14 метров (45 футов).
| discharge1 max =
| source1 = Confluence of Cujar and Curiuja rivers
| source1 location = Ucayali Region, Peru
| source1 coordinates =
| source1 elevation =
| source2 = Most distant source approximate area. Headwaters of Cujar River. | source2 location = Ucayali Region, Peru
| source2 coordinates =
| source2 elevation =
| mouth location =
| mouth coordinates =
| mouth elevation =
| progression =Amazon → Atlantic Ocean
| river system = Solimões
| basin size = to
| tributaries left = Inauini, Pauini, Tapauá
| tributaries right = Chandless, Iaco, Acre, Sepatini, Ituxi, Mucuim, Itaparaná
| custom label =
| custom data =
| extra =
| discharge2 location = Arumã Jusante, Amazonas State (
| discharge2 avg = (Period of data: 1970–1996)
| discharge3 location = Lábrea, Amazonas State (Basin size:
| discharge3 avg = (Period of data: 1970–1996)
It runs through a continuous forest at the bottom of the great depression, lying between the Madeira River, which skirts the edge of the Brazilian sandstone plateau, and the Ucayali River, which hugs the base of the Andes. In the state of Amazonas the river runs through the Arapixi Extractive Reserve, created in 2006 and past the town of Boca do Acre at the end of the BR 317 highway. Further down, it forms the west boundary of the Purus National Forest, created in 1988. From the town of Pauini down to the town of Lábrea the river is bordered by the Médio Purus Extractive Reserve, created in 2008. Below this it runs through the Canutama Extractive Reserve along the stretch between the towns of Lábrea and Canutama. In the lowest reaches the river flows through the Piagaçu Purus Sustainable Development Reserve, established in 2003, which holds a large part of its floodplain. It enters the Amazon River west of the Madeira River, which it parallels as far south as the falls of the latter stream. William Chandless found its elevation above sea level to be only 107 feet (33 m) 590 mile (950 km) from its mouth. It is one of the most crooked streams in the world, and its length in a straight line is less than half of its length following its curves. It is practically only a drainage ditch for the half submerged, lake flooded district it crosses. Its width is very uniform for 1000 mile (1609 km) up, and for 800 mile (1287 km) its depth is never less than 45 feet (14 m).
Биоразнообразие
Красный ревун Пурус (Alouatta puruensis) – вид ревунов, обитающий в Бразилии, Перу и на севере Боливии. Peckoltia brevis, вид сома, встречается в среднем и верхнем течении Амазонки в бассейне реки Пурус. Большая часть центральных и нижних участков реки протекает через экорегион Пурус-Варзея. В муниципалитете Тапауа штата Амазонас река протекает через биологический заповедник Абуфари – строго охраняемую территорию.
Открытие земляных работ
В 2008 году в верхнем течении реки, недалеко от границы с Боливией, была обнаружена ранее неизвестная доколумбовая цивилизация. После расчистки значительной части леса в этом регионе для сельскохозяйственных нужд, спутниковые снимки выявили остатки масштабных геометрических земляных сооружений.