The Payamino River is a river of
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
. It is a tributary of the
Napo River, merging into the latter at the city of
Puerto Francisco de Orellana. The
Coca River
The Coca River is a river in eastern Ecuador. It is a tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or oc ...
also merges into the Napo River in the city, but at a point about downstream from the Payamino–Napo confluence.
See also
*
List of rivers of Ecuador
The rivers of Ecuador are an important part of the nation's geography and economy. Most of the over 2,000 rivers and streamsTerry have headwaters in the Andes mountain range, flowing therefrom either westward toward the Pacific Ocean or eastward to ...
References
* Kichwa Community Development Project along the Payamino Rive
www.payamino.org* Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
Water Resources Assessment of Ecuador
Rivers of Ecuador
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