Cantumayo (possibly from Quechua '' qantu, qantus, qantuta'' a plant ''(Cantua buxifolia)'', ''mayu'' river,) is a river in Peru located in the

Arequipa Region Arequipa ( ay, Ariqipa; qu, Ariqipa) 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 ...

Caylloma Province Caylloma Province is the largest of eight provinces in the Arequipa Region of Peru. Geography The Chila mountain range traverses the province. One of the highest mountains of the province is Mismi. Other mountains are listed below: Politic ...

, 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 Mismi is a mountain peak of volcanic origin in the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru. A glacial stream on the Mismi was firmly identified as the most distant source of the Amazon River in 1996; this finding was confirmed in 2001 and again ...

. Its direction is mainly to the south where it meets Colca River as a right affluent. The confluence is north of the town Coporaque.

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Rivers of Peru Rivers of Arequipa Region {{Peru-river-stub