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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 April 2015. The Peruvian government has published guidelines for the preparation of river flow studies in April 2015.
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Peru has organised many costly and ably-conducted expeditions to explore it. One of them (1867) claimed to have reached within 380 km (240 mi) of Lima , and the little steamer "Napo" found its way up the violent currents for 124 km (77 mi) above the junction with the Pachitea River , and as far as the Tambo River, 1,240 km (770 mi) from the ...
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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]
The river flows in a northwesterly direction at a total length of 180.6 km (112.2 mi). The Ene River is part of the headwaters of the Amazon River whose origin is at the Mismi, south of the city of Cusco where it first becomes Apurímac River, then the Ene River and Tambo River before its waters meet the Ucayali River which later forms the Amazon.
The Manu is a river in southeastern Peru. It runs down the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains into the Amazon Basin. It runs through what is now protected as the Manu National Park, a vast Biosphere Reserve, home to arguably the highest concentration of biodiversity on Earth. Few people live along its length.