This is a list of rivers of Peru, that are at least partially in

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. The Peruvian government has published guidelines for the preparation of river flow studies in April 2015.

Longest rivers

The lengths of the following 10 rivers are according to a 2005 statistical publication by the

Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática The Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) ("National Institute of Statistics and Informatics") is a semi-autonomous Peruvian government agency which coordinates, compiles, and evaluates statistical information for the country ...

listing the 44 most important rivers of Peru.

By Drainage Basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Rivers longer than 400 kilometers are in bold font.

Atlantic Ocean

Amazon River The Amazon River (, ; es, Río Amazonas, pt, Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the disputed longest river system in the world in comparison to the Nile. The headwaters of t ...

**''Madeira River'' (Brazil) ***

Madre de Dios River The Madre de Dios River () is a river shared by Bolivia and Peru which is homonymous to the Peruvian region it runs through. On Bolivian territory it receives the Beni River, close to the town of Riberalta, which later joins with the Mamore Rive ...

****''Orthon River'' (Bolivia) *****Tahuamanu River ******Muymano River *****Mamuripi River ******Manuripe River ****

Heath River The Heath River, which runs from the Andes surrounding Lake Titicaca northwards to the Madre de Dios River, marks the natural border between Peru and Bolivia. The Eja Sonene indigenous community lives in the area. They are an ethnic group belon ...

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Tambopata River The Tambopata River is a river in southeastern Peru and northwestern Bolivia. Most is in the Madre de Dios and Puno regions in Peru, but the upper parts of the river forms the border between Peru and Bolivia, and its origin is in La Paz departm ...

, 402 km **** Río de Las Piedras or Tacuatimanu, 621 km *****Pariamanu River ****

Inambari River The Inambari River in southeastern Peru flows from the Cordillera Apolobamba in the Andes to the Madre de Dios River. The river spans the Puno and Madre de Dios regions. Tributaries include the rivers Yanaqucha, Pukaramayu, Mancuari, Wila Uma, ...

, 437 km ****

Manú River The Manú is a river in southeastern Peru. It runs down the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains into the Amazon Basin. It runs through what is now protected as the Manú National Park, a vast Biosphere Reserve, home to arguably the highest con ...

** Purús River, 483 km ***

Acre River The Acre River (called Aquiry in the local Iñapari language; locally, ''Rio Acre'') is a long river in central South America. Course The river is born in Peru, and runs North-Eastwards, forming part of the border between Peru and Brazil and the ...

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Iaco River Iaco River is a river of Acre and Amazonas states in western Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Acre *List of rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) List of rivers in Amazonas (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin, with ...

or Yaco ***

Chandless River Chandless River is a river of Peru and the Acre state in western Brazil, named after the British explorer William Chandless. It is a tributary of the Purus River The river originates in Peru. After crossing the border into Brazil it flows in a ...

***Curanja River ***Alto Purús River **

Juruá River The Juruá River (Portuguese ''Rio Juruá''; Spanish ''Río Yuruá'') is a southern affluent river of the Amazon River west of the Purus River, sharing with this the bottom of the immense inland Amazon depression, and having all the characteristic ...

or Yurua ***Alto Yurua ** Putumayu ***Yaguas River ***Algodón River ***Campuya River ***San Miguel River **

Yavarí River The Javary River, Javari River or Yavarí River ( es, Río Yavarí, links=no; pt, Rio Javari, links=no) is a tributary of the Amazon that forms the boundary between Brazil and Peru for more than . It is navigable by canoe for from above its ...

***Yavarí Mirim River ***Gálvez River **Atacuarí River **Pichana River **Apayacu River **

Napo River The Napo River ( es, Río Napo) is a tributary to the Amazon River that rises in Ecuador on the flanks of the east Andean volcanoes of Antisana, Sincholagua and Cotopaxi. The total length is . The river drains an area of . The mean annual discha ...

***Mazán River ***Tampuyaku River ***

Curaray River The Curaray River (also called the Ewenguno River or Rio Curaray) is a river in eastern Ecuador and Peru. It is a tributary of the Napo River, which is a part of the Amazon basin. The land along the river is home to several indigenous people gro ...

, 414 km ***

Aguarico River The Aguarico River ( es, Río Aguarico, meaning "rich water") is a river in northeastern Ecuador. It is the main river of the Sucumbíos province. In the last part of its course it is the Ecuadorian-Peruvian border. It empties into the Napo Riv ...

Nanay River The Nanay River is a river in northern Peru. It is a tributary of the Amazon River, merging into this river at the city of Iquitos. The lower part of the Nanay flows to the north and west of the city, while the Itaya River flows to the south an ...

***Pintuyaku River ****Chambira River **

Marañón River , name_etymology = , image = Maranon.jpg , image_size = 270 , image_caption = Valley of the Marañón between Chachapoyas ( Leimebamba) and Celendín , map = Maranonrivermap.png , map_size ...

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Tigre River The Tigre River () is a Peruvian tributary of the Marañón River west of the Nanay River. It is navigable for from its confluence with the Marañón. It forms from the confluence of the Ecuadorian rivers Cunambo and Pintoyacu at the Peruvian ...

, 598 km ****

Corrientes River The Corrientes River is a river in Ecuador and Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Natio ...

, 483 km ****Tangarana River ***Samiria River *** Chambira River ***Urituyaku River ***

Huallaga River The Huallaga River is a tributary of the Marañón River, part of the Amazon Basin. Old names for this river include ''Guallaga'' and ''Rio de los Motilones''. The Huallaga is born on the slopes of the Andes in central Peru and joins the Marañón ...

****Paranapura River ****Shanusi River ****Chipurana River **** Mayo River ****Biabo River or Biavo ****Sisa River ****Wallapampa River *****Abiseo River ****Mishollo River ****Chuntayaq River ****Tulumayu River ****Monzón River ****Higueras River ***Nucuray River ***

Pastaza River The Pastaza River ( es, Río Pastaza, formerly known as the SumataraEnock, Charles Reginald (1914) ''Ecuador: its ancient and modern history, topography and natural resources, industries and social development'' Charles Scribner's sons, New York ...

****Huasaga River *** Morona River, 402 km *** Santiago River *** Nieva River *** Cenepa River **** Comaina River ***

Chiriaco River The Chiriaco (from Quechua Chiri Yaku, ''chiri'' cold, ''yaku'' water, "cold water") is a river in Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great ...

or Imaza *** Chinchipe River ***

Utcubamba River Utcubamba (hispanicized spelling) or Utkhupampa (Quechua ''utkhu'' cotton, ''pampa'' a large plain,Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua_Spanish dictionary) "co ...

**** Quebrada Magunchal ****

Quebrada Seca The Quebrada Seca River is a river in Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = National seal ...

*** Chamaya River ****Wayllapampaa River ****Chotano River **** Quebrada San Antonio ***Llaucano River ***Crisnejas River or Crisnegas ****Cajamarca River ****Condebamba River ***Chusgon River ***San Miguel River ***Puccha River *** Nupe River *** Lauricocha River **

Ucayali River The Ucayali River ( es, Río Ucayali, ) is the main headstream of the Amazon River. It rises about north of Lake Titicaca, in the Arequipa region of Peru and becomes the Amazon at the confluence of the Marañón close to Nauta city. The city of ...

*** Tapiche River, 448 km ***Guanache River ***Cushabatay River ***Pisqui River ***Aguaytía River ***Tamaya River ***

Pachitea River The Pachitea River is a river in Peru. It is a tributary of the Ucayali River The Ucayali River ( es, Río Ucayali, ) is the main headstream of the Amazon River. It rises about north of Lake Titicaca, in the Arequipa region of Peru and becomes ...

****Pichis River ****

Palcazu River The Palcazu River is a river in Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = National seal , nat ...

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Pozuzo River The Pozuzo River is a river in Peru. It has a general course south to north. This basin departmental limit Huánuco is understood between the Yanachaka mountain range to the east and the line - Pasco, for the north-east the line provincial limit Ox ...

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Huancabamba River The Huancabamba River ("Stony Plain" in the Quechua language) in the Pasco Region of Peru has its origin in the confluence of several small rivers near the town of Oxapampa: the Chontabamba, the Llamaquizú, and the Esperanza rivers. From an ...

or Huayabamba ***Sheshea River or Chesheya or Chessea ***Cohengu River ***

Urubamba River The Urubamba River or Vilcamayo River (possibly from Quechua ''Willkamayu'', for "sacred river") is a river in Peru. Upstream it is called Vilcanota River (possibly from Aymara ''Willkanuta'', for "house of the sun"). Within the La Convención ...

****Inuya River **** Mishagua River ****Camisea River ****Yavero River or Paucartambo ****Ticumpinia River ****Cumpirusiato River ****Cushireni River ****Vilcanota River *** Tambo River ****

Perené River The Perené River () is a Peruvian river on the eastern slopes of the South American Andes. It is formed at the confluence of the Chanchamayo and Paucartambo Rivers, above the community of Perené, actually two pueblos of Santa Ana and Pampa ...

*****Pangoa River ******Mazamari River ******Satipo River *****Paucartambo River ***** Chanchamayu ******Tulumayu ****

Ene River The Ene River ( es, Río Ene; que, Iniy mayu) is a Peruvian river on the eastern slopes of the South American Andes. Geography Headwaters The Ene is formed at at the confluence of the Mantaro River and the Apurímac River, circa 400 m abov ...

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Mantaro River The Mantaro River ( es, Río Mantaro, qu, Hatunmayu) is a long river running through the central region of Peru. Its Quechua name means "great river". The word "Mantaro" may be a word originally from the Asháninka language, who live downstream a ...

******Huarpa River *******Yucay River or Pongor ****** Ichu River or Huancavelica ******Occoro River ******Willka River ****** Cunas River *****

Apurímac River The Apurímac River ( que, Apurimaq mayu; es, Río Apurímac, ; from Quechua ''apu'' 'divinity' and ''rimaq'' 'oracle, talker') rises from glacial meltwater of the ridge of the Mismi, a mountain in the Arequipa Province in the south-western m ...

******Pampas River ******Pachachaka River ******Santo Tomás River ******Velille River

Altiplano

* Desaguadero River **Mauri River **

Lake Titicaca Lake Titicaca (; es, Lago Titicaca ; qu, Titiqaqa Qucha) is a large freshwater lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. By volume of water and by surface area, ...

***Ilave River ****Huenque River ***Coata River ***Ramis River ****Azángaro River *****Carabaya River ****Ayaviri River ***Huancané River ***Suches River

Pacific Ocean

Zarumilla River The Zarumilla River is a river in South America that marks the border between Peru and Ecuador. It is named after the Peruvian town of Zarumilla. It is part of the Gulf of Guayaquil-Tumbes mangroves Sanctuary and its currents, sediments, and tide ...

Tumbes River The Tumbes River ( es, Río Tumbes or Río Túmbez in Peru; Río Puyango in Ecuador), is a river in South America. The river's sources are located between Ecuadorian El Oro and Loja provinces. It is the border between El Oro and Loja, and afterw ...

Chira River Chira River or Rio Chira is the name of a river (as well as valley) in northern Peru whose mouth is 100 km north west of the provincial capital of Piura and 25 km north of the port of Paita. Its source is in the Ecuadorian Andes near th ...

Piura River The Piura River is a river in northern Peru. The river flows westward from the Andes to the Pacific Ocean and is susceptible to major flooding. Piura is the largest city along the river's course. Course The Piura River has its source in eastern ...

**Bigote River **Charanal River *

Cascajal River The Cascajal River is a river of Panama. See also *List of rivers of Panama This is a list of rivers in Panama. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Car ...

Olmos River Olmos River (Río Olmos), is a river in the Lambayeque Region in northwestern Peru. It flows off the west slopes of the Andes and its tributaries, such as Los Boliches, carry little additional water. As a result, it is a low flow stream, intermi ...

* Motupe River ** La Leche River * Chancay River (Lambayeque) *

Zaña River The Zaña River (also Saña River) is a small river in northern Peru. The river is in length and begins in the Andes of Cajamarca Region and ends at the Pacific Ocean in Lambayeque Region. In the lower part of the river valley, where the river ...

* Chamán River *

Jequetepeque River Jequetepeque River is a river located north of the Chicama valley in the La Libertad Region in northern Peru. Its valley has agricultural resources where one of the main products is rice. In the Jequetepeque valley archeological sites of the M ...

Chicama River Chicama is a town in Northern Peru, capital of the district of Chicama of Ascope Province in the region La Libertad. This town is located beside the Pan-American Highway some 33 km north of Trujillo city in the agricultural Chicama Valley. S ...

Moche River The Moche River is one of the rivers of the Pacific Ocean slope, located in the northern coast of Peru, in La Libertad Region. On both sides of this river is the millenary Moche Valley. The Moche river goes through east to west the metropolita ...

Virú River Virú is a town in Northern Peru, capital of the province Virú in the region La Libertad. This town is located 48 km south Trujillo city and is primarily an agricultural center in the Viru Valley. See also *Virú Valley The Viru Valley is lo ...

Chao River Chao may refer to: People * Chao (surname), various Chinese surnames (including 晁 and 巢, as well as non-Pinyin spellings) * Zhou (surname) (周), may also be spelled Chao * Zhao (surname) (趙/赵), may also be spelled Chao in Taiwan and Hon ...

Santa River The Santa River ( es, Río Santa) is a river in the South American Andes mountain range in the Ancash Region of northwest central Peru. River Course Lake Conococha, at an altitude of 4,050 m above sea level and at , is considered the headwate ...

* Lacramarca River * Nepeña River *

Casma River The Casma River, which upstream is called Río Grande, is a river that crosses northern Casma province in the Ancash Region of Peru. It originates in the Black Mountain Range and drains into the Pacific Ocean. Major tributaries include the Sech� ...

Sechín River The Sechín River is a seasonal river about long in the Ancash, Ancash department of Peru that remains dry for long seasons, increasing its volume at times of rain in the mountains at its source. It is of irregular regime, due to this is known as ...

** Grande River * Culebras River *

Huarmey River The Huarmey River in Peru is a seasonal river, with flows in the months of December to March; along with the underground water it is a vital source for the agricultural activities, industrial and domestic in the region. The delta is an important ...

Fortaleza River The Fortaleza River is a river of Paraná state in southern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Paraná A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an ...

Pativilca River Pativilca is a town in central Peru, capital of the district Pativilca District, Pativilca in the province Barranca Province, Barranca in the region Lima Region, Lima.Municipalidad Distrital de PativilcaMunicipalidad Distrital de Pativilca Retriev ...

* Supe River * Huaura River * Chancay River (Huaral) *

Chillón River The Chillón River is a river located in western Peru. Its waters are produced by the melting of ice in the glaciers of the Andes, and its mouth is located in the Pacific Ocean coast of the Callao Region. Its volume gets higher during the summer ...

Rímac River The Rímac River is located in western Peru and is the most important source of potable water for the Lima and Callao Metropolitan Area. The river is part of the Pacific watershed and has a length of 204 km. The river begins in the highlan ...

Lurín River The Lurín River is a long watercourse located in the Lima Region of Peru. It originates in the glaciers and lagoons of the western Andes. It is known as the Chalilla River until joining the Taquía creek where it receives its common name. Its m ...

* Mala River * Omas River *

Cañete River Cañete may refer to: *Cañete, Chile city in Chile * San Vicente de Cañete a town in Peru *San Vicente de Cañete District in Peru *Cañete Province in Peru * in Peru *Cañete (Cuenca) municipality in Cuenca, Spain **The medieval Castle of Cañet ...

* Topara River * San Juan River * Pisco River *

Ica River The Ica is a 220 kilometer long river in Peru which flows south from highlands in Huancavelica Region to the Pacific Ocean through Ica Region and passing the region's capital, the city of Ica. The river is normally dry during much of the year, ...

* Grande River or Nazca * Acarí River * Yauca River * Indio Muerto or Chala * Chaparra * Atico * Caravelí River *

Ocoña River The Ocoña River ( es, Río Ocoña) is a river located in the Arequipa region in southern Peru. It helped form Peru's deep canyon walls. See also *List of rivers of Peru *List of rivers of the Americas by coastline This list of rivers of t ...

* Camaná River **

Colca River Colca River (possibly from Quechua ''qullqa'' deposit) which downstream is called Majes and Camaná is a Peruvian river in the Arequipa Region that flows deep in the rugged Andes of southern Peru. It originates south-east of the village Janq'u La ...

* Vitor River **Sihuas River ** Quilca River or Chili * Tambo River **Corlaque River *

Osmore River Osmore River (also Moquegua, Ilo, or Tumilaca) system flows northeast to southwest in the Moquegua Region of southern coastal Peru. The river has its origin in the snow peaks of the Chuqi Ananta and Arundane mountains, at an elevation of above s ...

or Moquegua or Ilo :*

Asana River Asana River (Río Asana) is a waterway in the Moquegua Region of southern Peru. It is one of the tributaries of the Osmore River (also known as Moquegua or Tumilaca). The Asana, Peru, Asana archaeological site, occupied over the course of 8,000 yea ...

Locumba River Locumba is a town in the Tacna Region in southern Peru. It is the capital of Jorge Basadre Province. From 1890 to 1929, the town served as the provisional capital of Tacna Department due to the city of Tacna Tacna is a city in southern Peru and ...

* Sama River *

Caplina River The Caplina River (''Rio Caplina'') is a river in southern Peru. It runs through the city Tacna, after which it gets dry due to filtration, evaporation Evaporation is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as ...

Alphabetical list

*Bigote River * Camaná River *

* Chamán River * Chancay River (Lambayeque) * Chancay River (Huaral) *Charanal River *

* Cenepa River * Chambira River *

* Chinchipe River *

* Comaina River * Cunas River * Desaguadero River *

Javary River The Javary River, Javari River or Yavarí River ( es, Río Yavarí, links=no; pt, Rio Javari, links=no) is a tributary of the Amazon that forms the boundary between Brazil and Peru for more than . It is navigable by canoe for from above it ...

Ilo River The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and ol ...

* La Leche River *

* Mala River *

* Mayo River *

* Moquegua River * Motupe River *

* Nieva River *

* Pisco River *

Putumayo River The Putumayo River or Içá River ( es, Río Putumayo, pt, Rio Içá) is one of the tributaries of the Amazon River, southwest of and parallel to the Japurá River. Course The Putumayo River forms part of Colombia's border with Ecuador, as well ...

* Purús River * Quebrada Magunchal *

* Quilca River *

San Antonio River The San Antonio River is a major waterway that originates in central Texas in a cluster of springs in midtown San Antonio, about 4 miles north of downtown, and follows a roughly southeastern path through the state. It eventually feeds into the ...

* Tambo River *

References

*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993. *,

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External links

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