Talk:Apure River
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[edit] The Apure is a Venezuelan river
- It is not Colombian. The real source of Apure river is the origin of Uribante in Páramo El Cobre (3800 meters above sea level). --Fev 14:51, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
- Yes the Apure is primarily a Venezuelan river, but not exclusively. Also where a river originates and where its waters originate may not be the same. The waters of the Rio Grande originate from, among other places, a snow bank at the head of Bear Creek, Colorado, but that is not where the Rio Grande starts. The Uribante River is a separate river whose downstream end is at the Apure, just like the downstream end of the Apure is at the Orinoco. --Bejnar 22:45, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Length
The Encyclopedia Britannica currently (2007) lists the Apure as being 510 miles (820 km) long. The straight-line distant (point-to-point) from where it flows out onto the llanos to its confluence with the Orinoco is about 300 miles as measured on a map. This is consistent with the 1911 Encyc.Brit. statement: "It has a sluggish course across the llanos for about 300 m.[miles], and is navigable throughout its length." TIFF image of "Apure" from 1911 edition Especially if that 300 mile figure ignores the twists and bends in the river. Also the navigability of the river as stated in 1911 has been questioned. The rapids at about the 110 mile mark are a limit to large craft navigation. More later. --Bejnar 22:45, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
