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Apurímac River : 730.7 km
Ene River : 180.6 km
Tambo River : 158.5 km
Ucayali River : 1,600.1 km The Ucayali was first called San Miguel, then Ucaya,...more »
- Marañón
Marañón, river, c.1,000 mi (1,600 km) long, rising in Lake Lauricaucha in the Cordillera Occidental, W central Peru. It flows generally NW, then E across the Andes to join the Ucayali River in...
- Urubamba
Urubamba, river, c.450 mi (720 km) long, rising in the Andes Mts., S Peru, and flowing generally north to join the Apurímac River to form the Ucayali. The Urubamba is extensively used for irri...
- Amazon, river, Peru and Brazil
Amazon, Port. Amazonas, world's second longest river, c.3,900 mi (6,280 km) long, formed by the junction in N Peru's Andes Mts. of two major headstreams, the Ucayali and the shorter Marañón. I...
- Apurímac
Apurímac, river, c.430 mi (690 km) long, rising in the Andes, S Peru. It flows generally northwest in a narrow valley. After joining the Mantaro River, the Apurímac becomes the Ene; after join...
- Iquitos
Iquitos, city (1993 pop. 252,312), capital of Loreto dept., NE Peru, on the Amazon River, c.2,300 mi (3,700 km) from the Amazon's mouth. It is the farthest inland port of any considerable size...
