Tuira River

{{Short description|River in Panama}} {{Infobox river | name = Tuira River | name_native = {{native name|es|Rio Tuira}} | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = Panama | pushpin_map_caption = Location of mouth | source1_location = | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|8.3194|N|78.3086|W|format=dms|source:wikidata|display=it}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Panama | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Darién Province | length = {{cvt|230|km|mi|abbr=on}} | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = {{cvt|0|m}} | tributaries_left=Pirre, Balsas | tributaries_right=Chucunaque | discharge1_location=Near mouth | discharge1_avg =(Period: 1971–2000){{cvt|651|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}<ref name="Rivers Network - Pacific Coast">{{cite web|url=https://www.riversnetwork.org/V1/index.php/component/content/?view=article&id=178&catid=340&Itemid=179|title=Rivers Network - Pacific Coast|last=Eric|first=Tilman}}</ref> | basin_size = {{cvt|10,788.2|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}<ref name="Rivers Network - Pacific Coast">{{cite web|url=https://www.riversnetwork.org/V1/index.php/component/content/?view=article&id=178&catid=340&Itemid=179|title=Rivers Network - Pacific Coast|last=Eric|first=Tilman}}</ref> | progression=Bay of San Miguel (Pacific Ocean) | river_system='''Tuira River''' }}

[[File:TuiraRiver fromONCSeries-USDefenseMappingAgency1981-84revisioncomposite.jpg|thumb|alt=Map of Tuira river area|U.S. Defense Mapping Agency maps excerpt showing course of Tuira river]]

The '''Tuira River''' is located in the Darién Province of eastern Panama. It flows into the Bay of San Miguel at the province capital of La Palma.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Estategia de desarrollo sostenible de Darién |url=https://www.conades.gob.pa/tmp/file/1361/ESTRATEGIADEDESARROLLOSOSTENIBLE-AnalisisIntegradoDarien.pdf |format=PDF |publisher=Ministerio de Presidencia-CONADES |date=2009 |pages=52–53|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rio Tuira |url=https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ |website=GeoNames |publisher=National Geospatial Intelligence Agency |access-date=July 28, 2021}}</ref>

It is the largest river in Panama, and one of its tributaries, the Chucunaque River, is the longest river in Panama.

The river starts in highlands of Darien, and runs south/southeast, and then north and west. It runs past villages as it flows downstream including Matuganti, Sobiaquirú, El Balsal, Boca de Cupe, Capetí, Yape, Aruza, Unión Chocó, Vista Alegre, and Pinogana.<ref name="villages">(30 April 2008). [https://reliefweb.int/report/colombia/panama-weary-repatriation Panama: Weary repatriation], Relief Web</ref> It meets the Chucunaque River at El Real de Santa María and then flows northwest towards La Palma.<ref name="brittan">[https://www.britannica.com/place/Tuira-River Tuira River], Britannica.com, Retrieved 30 November 2022</ref> Via the Chucunaque, one can reach Yaviza, which is the terminus of the northern end of the Pan-American Highway.

The Paya River joins the river downstream of Sobiaquirú, via which the village of Paya can be reached. The Púcuro River joins downstream of the Paya, via which the village of Púcuro can be reached.<ref name="geo">[https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/12337895 The Geology of the Darien, Panama, and the late Miocene-Pliocene collision of the Panama arc with northwestern South America], GSA Bulletin (2004) 116 (11-12): 1327–1344</ref>

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Category:Rivers of Panama Category:Landforms of Darién Province