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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]
South Central Coast. Cu Đê River; Hàn River; Túy Loan River; Yên River (Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng) Cầu Đỏ/Cẩm Lệ River; Vu Gia River; Thu Bồn River; Trà Bồng River
The best known Mayo-Chinchipe site is Santa Ana (La Florida), where a temple and ceremonial hearth have been found. [2]Also at Montegrande, related ceremonial centers were found.
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 .
Plans to build a series of 20 hydroelectric and/or irrigation dams on the Marañón River were announced by President Alan García in April 2011. 18 of the dams would be in environmentally sensitive areas, include the dry forests, and would displace indigenous people and other farmers and fishermen along the river.
The Tigre River (Spanish pronunciation:) is a Peruvian tributary of the Marañón River west of the Nanay River. It is navigable for 125 mi (201 km) from its confluence with the Marañón. It forms from the confluence of the Ecuadorian rivers Cunambo and Pintoyacu at the Peruvian border.
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.
Map of Cao Bang province in 1909. Cao Bằng's history can be traced to the Bronze Age when the Tày Tây Âu Kingdom flourished. The Tây Âu or Âu Việt were a conglomeration of upland Tai tribes living in what is today the mountainous region of northernmost Vietnam, western Guangdong, and southern Guangxi, China, since at least the 3rd century BC.