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Ucayali

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Ucayali (käyä`lē), river, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Apurímac Apurímac (aprē`mäk), river, c.
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 rivers, E Peru, and flowing generally north through a mountain and jungle wilderness to the Marañón Marañón, river, c.1,000 mi (1,600 km) long, rising in Lake Lauricaucha in the Cordillera Occidental, W central Peru. It flows generally NW, then E across the Andes to join the Ucayali River in NE Peru where it forms the Amazon River; some consider the
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 River, SW of Iquitos. It is a main headstream of the Amazon Amazon, Port. Amazonas (ämäzō`nəs), world's second longest river, c.
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 River; the headwaters of the Apurímac are the most distant from the Amazon's mouth. The Ucayali is navigable for its entire course by small craft. It is an important communications link for Iquitos Iquitos (ēkē`tōs), city (1993 pop. 252,312), capital of Loreto dept., NE Peru, on the Amazon River, c.
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Ucayali
a river in E Peru, flowing north into the Mara??n above Iquitos. Length: 1600 km (1000 miles)


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REPSOL EXPLORACION PERU, a unit of the Spanish oil company, and the United States' Burlington Resources signed a contract with state-owned Perupetro for the exploration and development of hydrocarbon resources in the Cuenca de Ucayali.
They took canoe rides in the Ucayali river, where they saw many alligators, especially at night.
In central Loreto, the Maranon and Ucayali Rivers combine to form the nascent Amazon River.
 
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