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Description: Running the Amazon: Río Marañón Headwaters to Ocean, Maranon Experience - Join us on the river!, The Story of Marañón River Rock Paintings, Most beautiful canyon on the Río Marañón!, 2019 Maranon River Expedition
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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 of Lima , Peru , and flowing through a deeply eroded Andean valley in a northwesterly direction, along the eastern base of the Cordillera of the Andes , as far as 5 degrees 36' southern latitude; from where it makes a great bend to the northeast, and cuts through the jungle Andes, until at the Pongo de Manseriche it flows into the flat Amazon
The Marañon River was considered the source of the Amazon River starting with the 1707 map published by Padre Samuel Fritz , who indicated the great river “has its source on the southern shore of a lake that is called Lauricocha, near Huánuco." Fritz’ reasoning was based on the fact that the Marañon River is the largest river branch one encounters when journeying upstream, something clearly evident on his map. For most of the 18th–19th centuries and into the 20th century, the Marañon River was generally con
A short clip of our 2019 Maranon expedition in Peru. . . . . In this video i only used my footage. Short version, Long "movie" is coming as soon as i get all the footage and get some free time, stay tuned.
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