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Madeira River The river in the outskirts of Porto Velho Map of the Madeira River watershed Etymology Portuguese, "wood river" Location Country Bolivia, Brazil Cities Nova Olinda do Norte, Borba, Novo Aripuanã, Manicoré, Humaitá, Porto Velho Physical characteristics Source Confluence of Madre de Dios and Mamoré  - location Near Guayaramerín, Bolivia  - coordinates 10°38′19″S 65°39′20″W  /  10.63861°S 65.65556°W  / -10.63861; -65.65556  - elevation 180 m (590 ft) Mouth Amazon River  - location Amazonas, Brazil  - coordinates 3°22′32″S 58°46′23″W  /  3.37556°S 58.77306°W  / -3.37556; -58.77306 Coordinates: 3°22′32″S 58°46′23″W  /  3.37556°S 58.77306°W  / -3.37556; -58.77306  - elevation 40 m (130 ft) Length 3,380 km (2,100 mi) [1] Basin size 850,000 km 2 (330,000 sq mi) Discharge    - location near mouth  - average 31,200 m 3 /s (1,100,000 cu ft/s)  - minimum 2,346 m 3 /s

For the plant genus, see Aripuana. Not to be confused with Novo Aripuanã. Municipality in Center-West, Brazil Aripuanã Municipality Flag Seal Location in Mato Grosso Country   Brazil Region Center-West State Mato Grosso Mesoregion Norte Mato-Grossense Established 1943 Area [1]  • Total 96.714 sq mi (250.489 km 2 ) Elevation 344 ft (105 m) Population [2]  • Total 18,581  • Density 190/sq mi (74/km 2 ) Time zone UTC -3 Aripuanã is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region of Brazil. It is located on the banks of the Aripuanã River. The city is served by Aripuanã Airport. The municipality contains the 8,517 hectares (21,050 acres) Rio Flor do Prado Ecological Station, a fully protected environmental unit created in 2003. [3] It also holds part of the 164,224 hectares (405,810 acres) Guariba-Roosevelt Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use unit created in 1996. [4] References ^ IB

This article is about the river. For other uses, see Guaporé (disambiguation). Guaporé River Iténez River Rio Guaporé at Pontes e Lacerda (Brazil) Map of the Amazon Basin with the Guaporé River highlighted Location Country Bolivia, Brazil Physical characteristics Source Parecis plateau  - location Mato Grosso, Brazil  - coordinates 14°35′58″S 58°57′11″W  /  14.59944°S 58.95306°W  / -14.59944; -58.95306  - elevation 631 m (2,070 ft) Mouth Mamoré River  - location Brazil/Bolivia  - coordinates 11°53′15″S 65°1′53″W  /  11.88750°S 65.03139°W  / -11.88750; -65.03139 Coordinates: 11°53′15″S 65°1′53″W  /  11.88750°S 65.03139°W  / -11.88750; -65.03139  - elevation 131 m (430 ft) Length 1,210 km (750 mi) [1] Basin size 266,460 km 2 (102,880 sq mi) Discharge    - location mouth  - average 1,530 m 3 /s (54,000 cu ft/s) Basin features Tributaries    - left Alegre River, Verde River, Paragúa Riv

For broader coverage of this topic, see TWAS. Main category: TWAS laureates Category Year started Total recipients First recipient Agricultural Sciences Sciences 2003 19 Fu Ting-Dong Biology 1986 40 Mysore A. Viswamitra Chemistry 1985 41 Leopoldo De Meis Salimuzzaman Siddiqui [note 1] Earth Sciences 2003 18 Kaigala Venkata Subbarao Engineering Sciences 2003 20 Mayra de la Torre Mathematics 1985 35 Liao Shantao Medical Sciences 1988 37 Manuel Elkin Patarroyo Physics 1985 39 E. C. G. Sudarshan Social Sciences [note 2] 2014 6 Ayşe Buğra Zheng Xiaoying [note 1] Gender of recipients Gender Number Male 225 Female [note 3] 30 Contents 1 Agricultural Sciences 2 Biology 3 Chemistry 4 Earth Sciences 5 Engineering Sciences 6 Mathematics 7 Medical Sciences 8 Physics 9 Social Sciences 10 See also 11 Notes 12 References 13 Exte