In the upper portion of its course, it flows through highland forest and rainforest, where the rapids of Cachuela Esperanza interrupt the upstream navigability of the river.

It empties into the larger Madre de Dios at Riberalta.

[3][4] In 1947, the CIA received unverified information that suggested there were settlements of escaped Nazis along the Beni and its tributaries.

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