Tigre River | |
Map: | Amazonriverbasin basemap.png |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Ecuador, Peru |
Length: | [1] [2] |
Discharge1 Location: | Confluence of Marañón (near mouth) |
Discharge1 Avg: | (Period: 1965–2013)[3] [4] |
Source1: | confluence of Cunambo and Pintoyacu rivers |
Source1 Elevation: | [5] |
Mouth: | Marañón River |
Mouth Coordinates: | -4.4853°N -74.0664°W |
Mouth Elevation: | [6] |
Progression: | Marañón → Amazon → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Amazon |
Basin Size: | [7] [8] |
Tributaries Right: | Tangarana |
The Tigre River (pronounced as /es/) is a Peruvian tributary of the Marañón River west of the Nanay River. It is navigable for 125miles from its confluence with the Marañón. It forms from the confluence of the Ecuadorian rivers Cunambo and Pintoyacu at the Peruvian border. Like the Nanay, it flows entirely in the plains. Its mouth is 42miles west of the junction of the Ucayali River with the Marañón. Continuing west from the Tigre along the Marañón River are the Parinari, Chambira, and Nucuray, all short lowland streams, resembling the Nanay in character. Tigre is Spanish for "tiger", the vernacular name in the region for the Jaguar .