Huallaga River

The Huallaga River is a tributary of the , 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 in central and joins the Marañón before the latter reaches the to form the Amazon.
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  • Type: Watercourse
  • Description: river in Peru
  • Also known as: Huayaga”, “Río Huallaga”, and “Rio Huallago

Huallaga River

Latitude
-5.10788° or 5° 6′ 28″ south
Longitude
-75.60523° or 75° 36′ 19″ west
Elevation
111 metres (364 feet)
Open location code
6766V9RV+RW
Geo­Names ID
3696533
Wiki­data ID
Q611388
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Huallaga River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Ríu Huallaga
  • Azerbaijani: Ualyaqa çayı
  • Bavarian: Huallaga
  • Bavarian: Río Huallaga
  • Belarusian: Рака Уальяга
  • Belarusian: Уальяга
  • Bulgarian: Уаляга
  • Catalan: riu Huallaga
  • Catalan: Riu Huallaga
  • Cebuano: Río Huallaga
  • Chinese: 瓦亚加河
  • Chinese: 瓦亞加河
  • Chinese: 瓦拉加
  • Chuvash: Уальяга
  • Croatian: Huallaga
  • Czech: Huallaga
  • Dutch: Huallaga
  • Esperanto: Huallaga
  • French: Huallaga
  • French: río Huallaga
  • French: Río Huallaga
  • Georgian: უალიაგა
  • German: Huallaga
  • German: Río Huallaga
  • Greek: Ουαγιάγα
  • Irish: Abhainn Huallaga
  • Italian: Huallaga
  • Japanese: ワジャガ川
  • Japanese: ワヤガ川
  • Lithuanian: Hualjaga
  • Lithuanian: Ualjaga
  • Mazanderani: هوئایاگا
  • Mingrelian: უალიაგა
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Huallaga
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Huallaga
  • Norwegian: Huallaga
  • Polish: Huallaga
  • Portuguese: Huallaga
  • Portuguese: Rio Hualhaga
  • Portuguese: rio Huallaga
  • Portuguese: Rio Huallaga
  • Quechua: Wallaqa mayu
  • Russian: Уальяга
  • Serbo-Croatian: Huallaga
  • Slovak: Huallaga
  • Slovenian: Huallaga
  • Slovenian: reka Huallaga
  • Slovenian: Río Huallaga
  • Spanish: Huallaga
  • Spanish: río Huallaga
  • Spanish: Río Huallaga
  • Swedish: Huallaga
  • Turkish: Huallaga Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Уайяґа
  • Venetian: Fiume Huallaga
  • Vietnamese: Sông Huallaga
  • Welsh: Afon Huallaga
  • Western Panjabi: ہوالاگا دریا

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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 “Huallaga River”. Photo: brunogirin, CC BY-SA 2.0.