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The Marañón River (Spanish: Río Marañón, IPA: [ˈri.o maɾaˈɲon], Quechua: Awriq mayu) is the principal or mainstem source of the Amazon River, arising about 160 km to the northeast of Lima, Peru, and flowing northwest across plateaus 3,650 m (12,000 feet) high, [4] it runs through a deeply eroded Andean valley, along the eastern base of ...
Marañón is one of eleven provinces of the Huánuco Region in Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Huacrachuco. The capital of this province is the city of Huacrachuco. The province has a population of 23,000 inhabitants as of 2002.
Marañón may refer to: Marañón, Navarre, a town and municipality in Spain; Marañón River, in Peru; Marañón Province, in Peru; Valle del Marañón, a valley in Peru; Gregorio Marañón (1887–1960), Spanish physician, historian, writer and philosopher; Marañón (footballer), real name Rafael Carlos Pérez González, Spanish footballer
Alto Marañón is a region in Peru with an area of more than 30,000 square kilometres. It is located within the northeastern region of the Marañón. [1] The region has five significant rivers and a population in excess of 40,000 people. The population is distributed across 240 communities of mainly indigenous people.
The Marañón River rises on the Nevado de Yapura glacier, and runs northwest through northern Peru between the western and eastern cordilleras of the Andes. It then turns northeast, breaks through the mountains and flows into the Amazon lowlands, where it meets the Ucayali River and forms the Amazon River.
In Peru, and further up in the Andes there were also numerous languages. Apart from Mochica and Cholón, the languages of northern Peru are largely unrecorded; the attested Marañón languages are Patagón (Patagón de Perico), Bagua (Patagón de Bagua), Chacha (Chachapoya), Copallén, Tabancale, Chirino, and Sácata (Chillao).
This is a list of rivers of Peru, that are at least partially in Peru. The Peruvian government has published guidelines for the preparation of river flow studies in ...
Huacrachuco District is one of three districts of the province Marañón in Peru. [1] References This page was last edited on 7 January 2024, at 21:38 (UTC). Text ...