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 and east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: GabrieldeLoreto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river of Peru
- Also known as: “Nanay river”, “rio nanay”, and “Río Nanay”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Punchana.
Punchana
Suburb
Punchana is the capital of the Punchana District in the Maynas Province of the Loreto Region in northeastern Peru, in the Peruvian Amazon Jungle. It is a neighborhood on the outskirts of the city of Iquitos, located on the Amazon and the Nanay Rivers. Punchana is situated 10 km south of Nanay River.
Nanay River
- Categories: watercourse and body of water
- Location: Loreto, Peru, South America
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Satellite Map
Discover Nanay River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Western Panjabi—“Nanay River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Río Nanay”
- Chinese: “納奈河”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ناناى”
- Esperanto: “Nanajo”
- Finnish: “Nanay”
- French: “Nanay”
- German: “Río Nanay”
- Hebrew: “נאנאי”
- Irish: “Abhainn Nanay”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nanay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nanay”
- Norwegian: “Nanay”
- Persian: “رود نانای”
- Persian: “رودخانه نانای”
- Portuguese: “Nanay”
- Portuguese: “Rio Nanay”
- Quechua: “Nanay mayu”
- Spanish: “Nanay”
- Spanish: “Rio Nanay”
- Spanish: “Río Nanay”
- Swedish: “Río Nanay”
- Venetian: “Fiume Nanay”
- Welsh: “Afon Nanay”
- Western Panjabi: “نانے دریا”
- “Río Nanay”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Barrio Florido and Astoria.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Isla Padre and Laguna Viejacocha.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Nanay River”. Photo: GabrieldeLoreto, CC BY-SA 4.0.