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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 ...
Pages in category "Rivers of Peru" The following 127 pages are in this category, out of 127 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * List of rivers of Peru; A.
The Urubamba River or Vilcamayo River [2] (possibly from Quechua Willkamayu, for "sacred river") [3] is a river in Peru. Upstream it is called Vilcanota River (possibly from Aymara Willkanuta, for "house of the sun"). [4] Within the La Convención Province, the name changes to Urubamba. [5] A partially navigable headwater of the Amazon River ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Rivers of Peru. It includes rivers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This is a container category .
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]
The Mantaro River (Spanish: Río Mantaro, Quechua: Hatunmayu) is a long river running through the central region of Peru. Its Quechua name means "great river". The word "Mantaro" may be a word originally from the Asháninka language , who live downstream along the Ene River .
The Rímac River is located in western Peru and is the most important source of potable water for the Lima and Callao Metropolitan Area.It belongs to the Pacific Slope, into which it flows after bathing the cities of Lima and Callao, together with the Chillón River, to the north, and the Lurín River, to the south.
In this part of the Piedras River watershed, there are also several large private conservation-oriented concessions, including the Junglekeepers concession (20,234 hectares or 50,000 acres), which is a Peru-based non-profit, [9] the Las Piedras Amazon Center (LPAC) (4,460 hectares or 11,000 acres), run by the Peruvian nonprofit ARCAmazon, [8 ...