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    The Marañón River (Spanish: Río Marañón, IPA: [ˈri.o maɾaˈɲon]) is the principal or mainstem source of the Amazon River, arising about 160 km to the northeast...
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    He fitted out an expedition at Loja in Ecuador, descended the Rio Santiago to the Marañón, passed through the Pongo in 1557 and invaded the country of...
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  • Libertad region Santiago River (Peru), a tributary of the Marañón River Santiago, Agusan del Norte Santiago, Ilocos Sur Cape Santiago, a cape at the southwestern...
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    (Spanish: Río Pastaza, formerly known as the Sumatara) also known as the Patate, flowing in Ecuador and Peru is a large tributary to the Marañón River in...
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    Amazon River (redirect from Rio amazonas)
    The Amazon River (UK: /ˈæməzən/, US: /ˈæməzɒn/; Spanish: Río Amazonas, Portuguese: Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume...
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    sign the Rio Protocol in 1942: the United States, Brazil and Argentina. The government of Ecuador, then led by Dr. Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, signed...
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    its confluence with the Rio Negro Ucayali - Peru Tambo - Peru Ene - Peru Mantaro - Peru Apurímac - Peru Urubamba - Peru Marañón - Peru Pastaza - Ecuador...
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  • South America, where it occurs in the drainage basins of the Santiago River and the Marañón River in Ecuador and Peru. The species reaches 16 cm (6.3 inches)...
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  • first collected in 1929 from the south side of the Marañón River near its confluence with the Santiago River in northwestern Peru, a wet lowland site at...
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  • runway is south of the town, which is within a bend of the Rio Santiago, a tributary of the Marañón River, the principal source of the Amazon River. Peru portal...
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