The Chiriaco (from

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...

Chiri Yaku, ''chiri'' cold, ''yaku'' water, "cold water") is a river in

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. It is a tributary of the Marañón and takes the Tuntungos, Shushug and Wawas as principal tributaries. In 2016, a large

oil spill An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term is usually given to marine oil spills, where oil is released into th ...

from

Petroperú Petróleos del Perú (), better known as Petroperú, is a Peruvian state-owned enterprise and private law dedicated to the transportation, refining, distribution, and commercialization of fuels and other petroleum products. It has been owned by ...

's pipeline contaminated the Chiriaco.

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