The Mayo River lies in northern
Peru
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and flows near the
city
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of
Moyobamba
Moyobamba () or Muyupampa ( Quechua ''muyu'' circle, ''pampa'' large plain, "circle plain") is the capital city of the San Martín Region in northern Peru. Called "Santiago of eight valleys of Moyobamba" or "Maynas capital". There are 50,073 inh ...
.
''Mayo River'' is also another name for
Chinchipe River
The Chinchipe River is a river on the border between Ecuador and Peru. It rises in Ecuador, in the Zamora-Chinchipe Province, in the Podocarpus National Park. Then it flows through the Piura Region, and the Cajamarca Region in the San Ignacio Pr ...
, that flows in the same general area.
Rivers of Peru
Rivers of Amazonas Region
Rivers of the Department of Cajamarca
Rivers of the Department of Piura
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