WikiProject Rivers of South America

This page tracks the progress of waterway mapping in South America.

Basins/watersheds in South America

Major river basins

These are the major ones:

Endorheic basin

see Endorheic riverbasins in South America for details.

Rivers and lakes without connection to the oceans:

TBD

Basins mapping

Amazonas

Basin picture from wikipedia

Orinoco, Gulf of Paria, Caribbean Sea, Esequibo

Countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil

To help on structuring the rivers in a way, here I share a visual representation of them taken from the Community [1]

-------------1-----coastline-------
             ↑
             2
           ↗  ↖
         3       3
       ↗  ↖     ↗ ↖
     4     4   4   4
                   ↗   ↖
                  5      5

This list is a work in progress, many rivers are still to be added to the list.
Basin	Level	Name	Destination	Way completion	Riverbank completion	Main Way (at destination river)	Main Relationship	Notes	Status
Caribbean Sea	1	Río Tuy	Caribbean Sea	100%	incomplete		https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/18184817		Pending
Caribbean Sea	2	Río Guaire	Río Tuy	100%	incomplete		https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9604656		Pending
Golfo de Paria	1	Río Caño Manamo	Atlantic Ocean?
	1	Río Guanipa	Atlantic Ocean?
	2	Río Amana	Río Guanipa
	1	Río San Juan	Mar Atlántico?					Review if destination is Ocean or how it cointinues
	2	Río Guarapiche	Río San Juan
Orinoco	1.A	Brazo Casiquiare	(Río Orinoco Effluent) Río Negro					Review name and relations	Pending
	1	Río Orinoco	Atlantic Ocean	100%	100%		https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1083284		Complete
	2	Río Aro	Río Orinoco				https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9643088
	2	Río Meta	Río Orinoco					Pending to structure main relationship	Pending
	2	Río Apure	Río Orinoco	advanced	advanced		https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1083442	Review of names and missing links to main relation.	Pending
	2	Río Caura	Río Orinoco
	2	Río Caroní	Río Orinoco	100%	incomplete		OpenStreetMap	Río Kukenán added to relation Río Caroní as it is the same river but with one part being named differently, according to Wikipedia.	Pending
	3	Río Paragua	Río Orinoco	100%	incomplete		https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2634262
	4	Río Aza	Río Paragua
	4	Río Karway	Río Caroní		incomplete	https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/310566563	pending
	3	Río Carrao	Río Caroní	90%	advanced	https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/474896743
	4	Río Churun	Río Carrao	100%	advanced	https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/183952786		Check name in spanish if Churún or Churun	Pending
	3	(por identificar)	Río Caroní	100%	incomplete	https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/279297829
	3	Río Ikabarú	(Uaiparú?)--> Caroní					Name doesn't match with Uaiparú	Pending
	4	(name missing)	Río Ikabarú	incomplete		https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/996562770
	3	Río Uaiparú	Río Caroní			Vía: ‪Río Uaiparú‬ (‪42218195‬) \| OpenStreetMap		Name doesn't match with Ikabarú	Pending
	2	Río Cinaruco	Río Orinoco				https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1084653
	2	Río Cuchivero	Río Orinoco		incomplete			Update Names	Pending
		Río Yuruaní o Río Yuruarí	Río Cuyuní					Location is probably incorrect, confused with other river.	Pending
		Río Cuyuní	Río Esequibo / Río Río Mazaruní
		Río Yuruán
Esequibo	1	Río Esequibo
Esequibo	2	Río Mazaruni	Río Esequibo

De La Plata

(including Parana and Uruguay River) Basin picture from wikipedia

Tools

Here's a list of already mapped waterways: mapped waterways of South America provided by user:werner2101 (last update seems to be in 2015, just keep the link here to document the tool).

Another tool is WaterwayMap with several options to display OSM waterways data, including basins, loops and ends. Also a River Database list, grouped by country/state. It is updated almost daily (date of last update provided in the left right corner of the map)