Throughout the 1700s, the Marañón River in northern Peru held the ... capped peak of Mismi (map) as the headwaters of the Apurímac River and the ultimate source of the Amazon.

in preparation for my trip to Peru, I realized that another river ... film production and an assignment to produce a new Amazon river map for Harvard University. Sanada says the expedition will ...

They used satellite technology to map the river. For this exploration, they traveled the Amazon through Peru, Colombia and Brazil. Yuri says it's almost 7,000 kilometers long — that's more than ...

For the next seven months, members will map and measure the river ... For centuries, people believed the Amazon’s source was the Marañón River in northern Peru. Then explorers argued that ...

The Amazon Basin contains the world's largest system of rainforest and rivers. Two of these rivers, the Putumayo and the ...

LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian indigenous groups were blocking a large river in the country’s ... The pipeline transports crude from the Amazon to Peru’s desert coast to be refined.

Amazon river dolphins in Peru are facing increasing threats from ... The researchers were able to map the dolphins preferred zones and identify priority regions for species protection.

and Peru has declared a state of emergency, promising to deliver clean water and medicine to affected regions. Consecutive severe droughts have left communities wondering if the Amazon River will ...

Huge tributaries that feed the mighty Amazon River — the largest on the planet ... a Brazilian city on the border with Colombia and Peru. Ships have been left stranded and vast expanses ...