The Chanchamayo River (possibly from
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
''chanchay'' to walk and leap about, to walk quickly and confused, ''chancha chancha'' to walk quickly and irregularly, ''shancha'' a kind of bird, ''mayu'' river,) is a river in the
Junín Region Junín may refer to:
Places Argentina
* Junín Partido
** Junín, Buenos Aires
***Junín Airport
* Junín Department, Mendoza
** Junín, Mendoza
*Junín Department, San Luis
Junín is a Departments of Argentina, Department of San Luis Provinc ...
in
Peru
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. It originates in the
Huaytapallana
Huaytapallana (possibly from in the Quechua spelling ''Waytapallana''; ''wayta'' wild flower, a little bunch of flowers, ''pallay'' to collect, ''pallana'' an instrument to collect fruit / collectable, ''Waytapallana'' "a place where you collec ...
mountain range where it is named Tulumayu. Chanchamayo flows along the town
La Merced which is also called Chanchamayo. After joining Paucartambo River it is called
Perené River
The Perené River () is a Peruvian river on the eastern slopes of the South American Andes.
It is formed at the confluence of the Chanchamayo and Paucartambo Rivers, above the community of Perené, actually two pueblos of Santa Ana and Pampa ...
.
chanchamayo.info
File:La merced 2010.jpg, The river Chanchamayo as it flows along the town Chanchamayo or La Merced
File:Puente KIMIRI... La Merced - Chanchamayo 2.jpg, Kimiri Bridge across Chanchamayo, near Kimiri
References
Rivers of Peru
Rivers of Junín Region
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