Tumbes River
The Tumbes River, 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 afterwards the border between Loja and the Tumbes Region in Peru.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Peru and Ecuador
- Also known as: “Puyango River”, “Rio Paango”, “Río Puyango”, “Río Puyano”, “Río Tombes”, “Río Tumbes”, “Rio Tumbez”, “Tumbes”, “Túmbez”, and “Tumbez River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tumbes and Puerto Pizarro.
Tumbes
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tumbes is a city in northwestern Peru, on the banks of the Tumbes River. It is the capital of the Tumbes Region, as well as of Tumbes Province and Tumbes District.
Puerto Pizarro
Village
Puerto Pizarro is a resort located thirteen miles from the city of Tumbes, Peru. Its inhabitants are mostly fishermen and seashell collectors. Puerto Pizarro is situated 8 km east of Tumbes River.
Tumbes River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Peru, South America
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Satellite Map
Discover Tumbes River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Tumbes River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Tumbes”
- Catalan: “riu Tumbes”
- Cebuano: “Río Túmbez”
- Chinese: “通貝斯河”
- Chinese: “通贝斯河”
- Croatian: “Tumbes (rijeka)”
- Croatian: “Tumbes”
- Dutch: “Tumbes River”
- Dutch: “Tumbes”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر تومبيس”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Tumbeso”
- Esperanto: “Tumbes-Rivero”
- Esperanto: “Tumbes”
- Esperanto: “Tumbeso”
- Esperanto: “Tumpiurbo”
- Finnish: “Tumbes”
- German: “Río Puyango”
- German: “Río Tumbes”
- Hungarian: “Tumbes”
- Irish: “Abhainn Tumbes”
- Italian: “Tumbes”
- Japanese: “トゥンベス川”
- Latin: “Tumbes”
- Lithuanian: “Pujangas”
- Lithuanian: “Tumbesas”
- Portuguese: “Tumbes”
- Quechua: “Puyango”
- Quechua: “Puyanku mayu”
- Quechua: “Puyanku”
- Quechua: “Tumbes mayu”
- Quechua: “Tumpis mayu”
- Quechua: “Tunpis mayu”
- Quechua: “Tunpis”
- Russian: “Тумбес”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tumbes (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tumbes”
- Slovenian: “Puyango”
- Slovenian: “Río Puyango”
- Slovenian: “Río Tumbes”
- Slovenian: “Tumbes”
- Spanish: “Rio Tumbes”
- Spanish: “Río Tumbes”
- Spanish: “Tumbes”
- Swedish: “Rio Tumbes”
- Uzbek: “Tumbes daryosi”
- Welsh: “Afon Tumbes”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Gavilán and Ramada.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Manglares de Tumbes National Sanctuary and Isla Las Palmas.
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