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Chiriaco River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Chiriaco (from Quechua Chiri Yaku, chiri cold, yaku water, "cold water") is a river in Peru. It is a tributary of the Marañón and takes the Tuntungos, Shushug and Wawas as principal tributaries. In 2016, a large oil spill from Petroperú's pipeline contaminated the Chiriaco.

Flows through: Peru.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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