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  AllRefer.com - ApurImac, Latin America & Caribbean Islands (Latin American And Caribbean Physical Geography) - ...
It flows generally northwest in a narrow valley.
After joining the Mantaro River, the ApurImac becomes the Ene; after joining the PerenE River, it becomes the Tambo.
The headwaters of the ApurImac, which rise from glacial meltwater on Nevado Mismi, were determined by a 2000 expedition to the most distant from the mouth of the Amazon.
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 MSN Encarta - Amazon (river)
The major headstreams of the Amazon are the Ucayali and Marañón rivers, both of which rise in the permanent snows and glaciers of the high Andes Mountains.
Feeding the Ucayali is the Apurimac River, the Amazon's most distant source.
The headwaters of the Apurimac are located at a glacial meltwater of Nevado Mismi, an Andean peak in southern Peru.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761571466/Amazon_(river).html   (1125 words)

  
 CHAPTER VII; The Mythology of Peru
Many of these were serpents, trees, and rivers, the noises made by which appeared to the primitive Peruvians-as, indeed, they do to primitive folk all over the world-to be of the quality of articulate speech.
Both the Huillcamayu and the Apurimac rivers at Cuzco were huillca oracles of this kind, as their names, "Huillca-river " and "Great Speaker," denote.
These oracles often set the mandate of the Inca himself at defiance, occasionally supporting popular opinion against his policy.
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 Mountain Travel Sobek | Trip Leaders
Bob Stanley is one of the most energetic and personable guides you will ever meet (his enthusiasm and love for river running is infectious!).
He has worked with us on the Futaleufu, Tat, Apurimac, and Upano Rivers, and with more than 15 years guiding on some of the world's most challenging runs, you can be sure you're in good hands when you jump into his boat.
Bob's skills don't end at river guiding; he also leads many of our treks in Patagonia.
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