Purus River

river in Brazil
Place river Q26271
Purus River
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Purus River

Summary

Purus River is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Purus River is located in Ucayali Department[3].
  • Purus River is located in Pará[4].
  • Purus River is in the country of Brazil[5].
  • Purus River's instance of is recorded as river[6].
  • Purus River's basin country is recorded as Peru[7].
  • Purus River's Commons category is recorded as Purus River[8].
  • Purus River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Solimões[9].
  • Purus River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -3.6820028879205, 'lon': -61.475372314453}[10].
  • Purus River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -1.8947222222222, 'lon': -53.522777777778}[11].
  • Purus River's tributary is recorded as Acre River[12].
  • Purus River's tributary is recorded as Iaco River[13].
  • Purus River's tributary is recorded as Chandless River[14].
  • Purus River's tributary is recorded as Tapauá River[15].
  • Purus River's tributary is recorded as Inauini River[16].
  • Purus River's tributary is recorded as Ituxi River[17].
  • Purus River's tributary is recorded as Pauini River[18].
  • Purus River's tributary is recorded as Santa Rosa River[19].
  • Purus River's tributary is recorded as Sepatini River[20].
  • Purus River's tributary is recorded as Umari River[21].
  • Purus River's tributary is recorded as Q10362357[22].
  • Purus River's tributary is recorded as Cujar River[23].
  • Purus River's tributary is recorded as Curanja River[24].
  • Purus River's tributary is recorded as Curiuja River[25].
  • Purus River's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[26].
  • Purus River's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'Rio Purus'}[27].

Body

Geography

Purus River is in the country of Brazil[5]. Located in include Ucayali Department[3], a department of Peru[28], in Peru[29] and Pará[4], a federative unit of Brazil[30], in Brazil[31], founded in 1889[32].

Physical Characteristics

Purus River's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+2960'}[33].

Designation and Status

Purus River's instance of is recorded as river[6].

Why It Matters

Purus River ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress authority id → sh85109222
    Tributary → Acre River, Iaco River, Chandless River +11
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P974]]: [[Q10362357]], fix redirect [[Q16930665]] → [[Q10362357]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/66859f685128|details]])"
  2. 4w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Idref id → 139210997
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P269]]: 139210997"
  3. 14w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of israel j9u id → 987007551088705171
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX5017164
    Fast id → 1310071
    Continent → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38692|batch #38692]]: Remove redundant P30, P17 is present"
  4. 14w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of brazil id → 91280
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P4619]]: 91280"
  5. 20w ago · Dolphyb · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ig */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32464|batch #32464]]"
  6. 21w ago · Gower · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Country → Brazil
    Mouth of the watercourse → Solimões
    Discharge → {'unit': 'Q794261', 'amount': '+8.400'}
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||pl */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30587|batch #30587]]: Brasil rivers (Pará) +Dpl"
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