The Tambo River (
Spanish
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: Río Tambo) is a
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 ...
vian
river
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
on the eastern slopes of the
Andes
The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...
. The name only refers to a relatively short section of the waterbody; about long. It starts at the confluence of the
Ene and
Perené Rivers at the town of
Puerto Prado. From here the Tambo flows in an easterly direction and then turns north. When merging with the
Urubamba River
The Urubamba River or Vilcamayo River (possibly from Quechua ''Willkamayu'', for "sacred river") is a river in Peru. Upstream it is called Vilcanota River (possibly from Aymara ''Willkanuta'', for "house of the sun"). Within the La Convención ...
at the town of
Atalaya, it becomes the
Ucayali River
The Ucayali River (, ) is the main headstream of the Amazon River. It rises about north of Lake Titicaca, in the Arequipa region of Peru and becomes the Amazon at the confluence of the Marañón river, Marañón close to Nauta city. The city of ...
.
The Tambo is part of the headwaters of the
Amazon River whose origin is the
Mantaro River at
Cordilerra Ruminator Cruz.
Tributaries of the Amazon River
Rivers of Peru
Tributaries of the Ucayali River
Rivers of the Department of Junín
Rivers of the Department of Ucayali
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