Chanchamayo River
The Chanchamayo River is a river in the Junín Region in Peru. It originates in the Huaytapallana mountain range where it is named Tulumayu. The Chanchamayo flows along the town of La Merced, which is also called Chanchamayo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tours Centro Peru, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: right headwater of Perené River in Peru
- Also known as: “Chanchama” and “Río Chanchamayo”
Chanchamayo River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Junín Department, Peru, South America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Chanchamayo River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Río Chanchamayo”
- Chinese: “錢查馬約河”
- French: “río Chanchamayo”
- French: “Río Chanchamayo”
- German: “Río Chanchamayo”
- Irish: “Abhainn Chanchamayo”
- Quechua: “Chanchamayu”
- Spanish: “Rio Chanchamayo”
- Spanish: “Río Chanchamayo”
- Welsh: “Afon Chanchamayo”
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