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Marañón River as seen from Quchapata in Peru. The upper Marañón River has seen a number of descents. An attempt to paddle the river was made by Herbert Rittlinger in 1936. [13] Sebastian Snow was an adventurer who journeyed down most of the river by trekking to Chiriaco River starting at the source near Lake Niñacocha. [14] [page needed]
Cả River; Nam Sam River; Gianh River; Kiến Giang River; Long Đại River; Nhật Lệ River; Ron (river, Vietnam) Son River (Vietnam) Sepon River; Thạch Hãn River; Bến Hải River; Perfume River; Kong River
The Chambira River is a major tributary of the Marañón River, and has been the traditional territory of the Urarina peoples for at least the past 350 years. [1] Located in the Amazon jungle of Peru, otherwise known as the Selva, the Chambira is a tropical waterway with many purposes. There is a huge diversity of plants and animals in this ...
Dầu Tiếng Lake is an artificial lake in the three provinces of Tây Ninh, Bình Dương, and Bình Phước in the Southeast region, Vietnam. The lake was formed by damming the upper reaches of the Saigon River, making it the largest irrigation reservoir in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. Construction of the lake began in 1981 after surveys ...
The Yên River (Vietnamese: sông Yên), also known as the Thạch Bồ River [1] (Vietnamese: sông Thạch Bồ), is a river of Quảng Nam province and Da Nang, Vietnam. [2] It is formed by the split of the Vu Gia into the Yên and the Bình Phước on the boundary between Đại Lộc and Điện Bàn in Quảng Nam. [ 3 ]
River system Amazon The Morona River is a tributary to the Marañón River in Peru and Ecuador, and flows parallel to the Pastaza River and immediately to the west of it, and is the last stream of any importance on the northern side of the Amazon before reaching the Pongo de Manseriche .
The Marañón dry forests ecoregion in northwestern Peru has an area of 1,139,594 hectares (2,816,000 acres). [1] It extends along the upper valley of the Marañón River and its tributaries. [2] To the north the ecoregion adjoins the Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests.
The Chachapoya, originally from the region of Kuelap to the east of the Marañón, were conquered by the Inca shortly before the Spanish conquest, and many were deported after the Inca Civil War. They sided with the Spanish and achieved independence for a time, but were then deported again by the Spanish, where most died of introduced disease.