Javary River

The Javary River, also called the Javari River or Yavarí River, is a long river that flows for about 1,184 kilometers (736 miles). It is a smaller river that joins the huge Amazon. For more than 500 kilometers (310 miles), the Javary River marks the border between two countries: Brazil and Peru.

People can travel up the river in small boats, called canoe, for almost 900 kilometers (560 miles) from where it meets the Amazon all the way to where it starts in the high lands of the Ucayali. However, only part of this distance, about 260 kilometers, is good for bigger steamboat travel.

In 1866, a group from Brazil went up the river to explore the land. The land around the Javary River is very flat and looks much like the land around the Juruá River. Along the river, there are small private areas where people can go to see wild animals.

At the place where the Javary River meets the Amazon, there is a town called Benjamin Constant on the side that belongs to Brazil.