Cantumayo (possibly 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 ...
''
qantu, qantus, qantuta'' a plant ''(Cantua buxifolia)'', ''mayu'' river,) is a river in
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
located in the
Arequipa Region
Arequipa () is a department and region in southwestern Peru. It is the sixth largest department in Peru, after Puno, Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto, its sixth most populous department, and its eleventh least densely populated dep ...
,
Caylloma Province,
Coporaque District.
[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Caylloma Province (2) (Arequipa Region)] It originates in the
Chila mountain range southeast of the mountain
Mismi. Its direction is mainly to the south where it meets
Colca River
Colca River (possibly from Quechua ''qullqa'' deposit) which downstream is called Majes and Camaná is a Peruvian river in the Arequipa Region that flows deep in the rugged Andes of southern Peru. It originates south-east of the village Janq'u La ...
as a right affluent. The confluence is north of the town Coporaque.
References
Rivers of Peru
Rivers of the Department of Arequipa
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