List of rivers of Peru
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This is a list of river
s that are at least partially in Peru
. Lengths according to INEI.
Altiplano
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
s that are at least partially in Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. Lengths according to INEI.
Longest rivers
River River A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including... |
Length (km) | Length (miles) | Outflow | |
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1. | Ucayali Ucayali The Ucayali River arises about north of Lake Titicaca, in the Arequipa region of South America. The Amazon River takes its name close to Nauta city , in the confluence among Ucayali and Marañón rivers.... |
1,771 | 1100 | Amazon |
2. | Marañón | 1,414 | 879 | Amazon |
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1,380 | 858 | Amazon |
4. | Yavarí | 1,184 | 736 | Amazon |
5. | Huallaga Huallaga River The Huallaga River is a tributary of the Marañón River, 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 Andes in central Peru and joins the Marañón before the latter reaches the Ucayali River to form the Amazon.... |
1,138 | 707 | Marañón |
6. | Urubamba Urubamba River The Urubamba River is a river in Peru. A partially navigable headwater of the Amazon River, it rises in the Andes to the south-east of Cuzco near the Puno Region border, where it is called the Vilcanota River . In the Sacred Valley, between Písac and Ollantaytambo, it is also called the Wilcamayu... |
862 | 536 | Ucayali |
7. | Mantaro Mantaro River The Mantaro River is a long river running through the central region of Peru. Its Quechua name means "great river".-Geography:The river has its source at Lake Junín at a height of 4.080 m and runs through Junín, Yauli, Jauja, Concepción and Huancayo provinces in Junín Region, then through... |
724 | 450 | Apurímac |
8. | Amazon Amazon River The Amazon of South America is the second longest river in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an average discharge greater than the next seven largest rivers combined... |
713 | 443 | Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area... |
9. | Apurímac Apurímac River The Apurímac River rises from glacial meltwater of the ridge of Nevado Mismi, a mountain in the Arequipa Province in southern Peru.The Apurímac is the source of the world's largest river system, the Amazon River... |
690 | 429 | Ucayali |
10. | Napo Napo River The Napo is a tributary to the Amazon River that rises in Ecuador on the flanks of the volcanoes of Antisana, Sincholagua and Cotopaxi.The total length of 1075 km. Catchment area of 100,518 square kilometers... |
667 | 414 | Amazon |
11. | Madre de Dios Madre de Dios River The Madre de Dios River, homonymous to the Peruvian region it runs through, then becomes the Beni River in Bolivia and then turns northward into Brazil, where it is called the Madeira River... |
655 | 407 | Amazon |
By Drainage Basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Rivers longer than 400 miles are in bold.Atlantic Ocean
- Amazon RiverAmazon RiverThe Amazon of South America is the second longest river in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an average discharge greater than the next seven largest rivers combined...
- Madeira River (Brazil)
- Madre de Dios RiverMadre de Dios RiverThe Madre de Dios River, homonymous to the Peruvian region it runs through, then becomes the Beni River in Bolivia and then turns northward into Brazil, where it is called the Madeira River...
- Orthon River (Bolivia)
- Tahuamanu River
- Muymano River
- Mamuripi River
- Manuripe River
- Tahuamanu River
- Heath RiverHeath RiverThe Heath River, which runs from the Andes surrounding Lake Titicaca northwards to the Madre de Dios River, marks the natural border between Peru and Bolivia.The Eja Sonene indigenous community lives in the area...
- Tambopata RiverTambopata RiverThe Tambopata River in the Madre de Dios Region flows from the eastern slope of the Andes along the border of the Puno Region to the Madre de Dios River at the capital city of Puerto Maldonado. The river flows through the Tambopata National Reserve....
- Río de Las Piedras or Tacuatimanu
- Pariamanu River
- Inambari RiverInambari RiverThe Inambari River in southeastern Peru flows from the Cordillera Apolobamba in the Andes to the Madre de Dios River. The river spans the Puno and Madre de Dios regions....
- Manú RiverManu RiverThe Manú is a river in southeastern Peru. It runs down the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains into the Amazon Basin. It runs through the Manú National Park, a vast Biosphere Reserve, home to arguably the highest concentration of biodiversity on Earth. Few people live along its length...
- Orthon River (Bolivia)
- Madre de Dios River
- Purus River
- Acre River
- Iaco RiverIaco RiverIaco River is a river of Acre and Amazonas states in western Brazil.-References:*...
or Yaco - Chandless RiverChandless RiverChandless River is a river of Acre state in western Brazil, named after the British explorer William Chandless.-References:*...
- Curanja River
- Alto Purús River
- Juruá River or Yurua
- Alto Yurua
- Putumayo RiverPutumayo RiverThe Içá or Putumayo River is one of the tributaries of the Amazon River, west of and parallel to the Yapura. It forms part of Colombia's border with Ecuador, as well as most of the frontier with Peru...
- Yaguas River
- Algodón River
- Campuya River
- San Miguel River
- Yavarí River
- Yavarí Mirim River
- Gálvez River
- Atacuarí River
- Pichana River
- Apayacu River
- Napo RiverNapo RiverThe Napo is a tributary to the Amazon River that rises in Ecuador on the flanks of the volcanoes of Antisana, Sincholagua and Cotopaxi.The total length of 1075 km. Catchment area of 100,518 square kilometers...
- Mazán River
- Tamboyacu River
- Curaray RiverCuraray RiverThe Curaray River is a river in eastern Ecuador and is part of the Amazon River basin. The land along the river is home to several indigenous people groups including the Quechua and Huaorani...
- Aguarico RiverAguarico RiverThe Aguarico River is a river in northern Ecuador. It is the main river of the Sucumbíos province. In the last part of its course it is the Ecuadorian-Peruvian border. It empties into the Napo River...
- Nanay River
- Pintoyacu River
- Chambira River
- Pintoyacu River
- Marañón RiverMarañón RiverThe Marañón River rises about 160 km to the northeast of Lima, Peru, flows through a deeply-eroded Andean valley in a northwesterly direction, along the eastern base of the Cordillera of the Andes, as far as 5 degrees 36' southern latitude; then it makes a great bend to the northeast, and...
- Tigre RiverTigre RiverThe Tigre River is a Peruvian tributary of the Amazon River west of the Nanay, and is navigable for 125 miles from its confluence with the Amazon. It forms from the confluence of the Ecuadorian rivers Cunambo and Pintoyacu at the Peruvian border. Like the Nanay, it flows entirely on the plains. ...
- Corrientes River
- Tangarana River
- Samiria River
- Chambira River
- Urituyacu River
- Huallaga RiverHuallaga RiverThe Huallaga River is a tributary of the Marañón River, 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 Andes in central Peru and joins the Marañón before the latter reaches the Ucayali River to form the Amazon....
- Paranapura River
- Shanusi River
- Chipurana River
- Mayo River
- Biabo River or Biavo
- Sisa River
- Huallabamba River
- Abiseo River
- Mishollo River
- Chontayac River
- Tulumayo River
- Monzón River
- Higueras RIver
- Nucuray River
- Pastaza RiverPastaza RiverThe Pastaza is a large tributary to the Amazon River.It has its headwaters in the province of Tungurahua, where the Tambo River joins the Latacunga River, near the foot of the Volcano Tungurahua, flowing south-east towards the Amazon Basin...
- Huasaga River
- Morona RiverMoronaThe Morona is a tributary to the Amazon River, and flows parallel to the Pastaza River and immediately to the west of it, and is the last stream of any importance on the northern side of the Amazon before reaching the Pongo de Manseriche....
- Santiago River
- Nieva RiverNieva RiverThe Nieva River is a tributary of the Marañón River in Peru. Its length, from the east in the mountain range of Campanquiz to the mouth is approximately 150 kilometers....
- Cenepa RiverCenepa RiverThe Cenepa River rises in the Condor mountain range in Peru, South America and has a length of 185 km. It borders to the North on Ecuador, to the East on the districts of Río Santiago and Nieva, on the South with the district of Imaza, and on the West with Ecuador....
- Comaina River
- Chiriaco RiverChiriaco RiverThe Chiriaco river is a river in Peru. The Chiriaco is a tributary of the Marañón and takes Tuntungos, Shushug and Wawas as principal tributaries....
or Imaza - Chinchipe RiverChinchipe riverThe Chinchipe River is a river in northern Peru. It rises in the Cajamarca Region's San Ignacio Province and flows in an eastwardly direction....
- Utcubamba RiverUtcubamba RiverThe Utcubamba River is a river in the Amazonas Region of Peru, located at . The river's name is Quechua for "cotton fields".The Utcubamba River originates in the highlands of the central cordillera, then flows north through Amazonas before joining the Marañón River...
- Quebrada MagunchalQuebrada MagunchalThe Quebrada Magunchal is a river in the Luya Province in Peru. Its coordinates are Latitude -5.8875 and Longitude -78.19....
- Quebrada SecaQuebrada SecaThe Quebrada Seca River is a river in Peru with a length of 29.3 km, and a slope of 7.2 per cent....
- Quebrada Magunchal
- Chamaya River
- Huayllabamba River
- Chotano River
- Quebrada San AntonioSan Antonio River (Peru)The San Antonio River is a river in Peru. It is the principal source that supplies the hydroelectric company of the Rodríguez de Mendoza Province....
- Llaucano River
- Crisnejas River or Crisnegas
- Cajamarca River
- Condebamba River
- Chusgon River
- San Miguel River
- Puccha River
- Tigre River
- Ucayali River
- Tapiche River
- Guanache River
- Cushabatay River
- Pisqui River
- Aguaytía River
- Tamaya River
- Pachitea River
- Pichis River
- Palcazu RiverPalcazu RiverThe Palcazu River is a river in Peru which forms from the confluence of the Bocaz and Cacazú rivers, who are born in the mountains of the mountain range of San Carlos....
- Pozuzo RiverPozuzo RiverThe Pozuzo River is a river in Peru. It has a general course south to north. This basin departmental limit Huánuco is understood between the mountain range of Yanachaga to the East and the line - Pasco, for the North-East the line provincial limit Oxapampa - Cerro de Pasco for the South-west.More...
- Huancabamba RiverHuancabamba riverThe Huancabamba River has its origin in the confluence of the rivers Huaylamayo and Chontabamba in Peru. The upper course is formed by the basins of these rivers. The middle course is between Huancabamba and the Pozuzo and its lower course between Pozuzo and the confluence with the river Palcazú....
or Huayabamba
- Huancabamba River
- Pozuzo River
- Sheshea River or Chesheya or Chessea
- Cohengu River
- Urubamba RiverUrubamba RiverThe Urubamba River is a river in Peru. A partially navigable headwater of the Amazon River, it rises in the Andes to the south-east of Cuzco near the Puno Region border, where it is called the Vilcanota River . In the Sacred Valley, between Písac and Ollantaytambo, it is also called the Wilcamayu...
- Inuya River
- Mishagua River
- Camisea River
- Yavero River or Paucartambo
- Ticumpinia River
- Cumpirusiato River
- Cushireni River
- Vilcanota River
- Tambo River
- Perené RiverPerené RiverThe Perené River is a Peruvian river on the eastern slopes of the South American Andes.It is formed at at the confluence of the Chanchamayo River and the Paucartambo rivers, 15 km above the community of Perené, at 650 m above sea level....
- Pangoa River
- Mazamari River
- Satipo River
- Paucartambo River
- Chanchamayo River or Chanchama
- Tulumayo River
- Pangoa River
- Ene RiverEne RiverThe Ene River is a Peruvian river on the eastern slopes of the South American Andes.The Río Ene is part of the headwaters of the Amazon River whose origin is at the Nevado Mismi south of Cuzco where it first becomes Apurímac River, then the Ene River and Tambo River before its waters meet the...
- Mantaro RiverMantaro RiverThe Mantaro River is a long river running through the central region of Peru. Its Quechua name means "great river".-Geography:The river has its source at Lake Junín at a height of 4.080 m and runs through Junín, Yauli, Jauja, Concepción and Huancayo provinces in Junín Region, then through...
- Huarpa River
- Yucay River or Pongor
- Ichu River or Huancavelica
- Occoro River
- Vilca River
- Cunas RiverCunas RiverThe Cunas River is a river located in the Junín Region in central Peru. The river originates 5,180 meters above sea level in the Cordillera Occidental. The river spans 3 provinces in the Junín Region: Chupaca Province, Concepción Province and the Huancayo Province.- Course :The Cunas travels...
- Huarpa River
- Apurímac RiverApurímac RiverThe Apurímac River rises from glacial meltwater of the ridge of Nevado Mismi, a mountain in the Arequipa Province in southern Peru.The Apurímac is the source of the world's largest river system, the Amazon River...
- Pampas River
- Pachachaca River
- Santo Tomás River
- Velille River
- Mantaro River
- Perené River
- Madeira River (Brazil)
AltiplanoAltiplanoThe Altiplano , in west-central South America, where the Andes are at their widest, is the most extensive area of high plateau on Earth outside of Tibet...
- Desaguadero RiverDesaguadero River (Bolivia)The Desaguadero River in Peru and Bolivia is the river that drains Lake Titicaca. It exits the lake at the southern part of the river basin, it flows south and drains approximately five percent of the lake's flood waters into Lake Uru Uru and Lake Poopó....
- Mauri River
- Lake TiticacaLake TiticacaLake Titicaca is a lake located on the border of Peru and Bolivia. It sits 3,811 m above sea level, making it the highest commercially navigable lake in the world...
- Ilave River
- Huenque River
- Coata River
- Ramis River
- Azángaro River
- Carabaya River
- Ayaviri River
- Azángaro River
- Huancané River
- Suches River
- Ilave River
Pacific Ocean
- Zarumilla RiverZarumilla RiverThe Zarumilla River is a river in South America that marks the border between Peru and Ecuador. It is named after the Peruvian town of Zarumilla....
- Tumbes RiverTumbes RiverThe Tumbes River , is a river in South America.The river's sources are located between Ecuadorian El Oro and Loja provinces. It is the border between El Oro and Loja, and afterwards the border between Loja and the Tumbes Region in Peru...
- Chira RiverChira RiverRío Chira is the name of a river in northern Peru whose mouth is 20 km north of the provincial capital of Piura.Its source is in the Ecuadorian Andes near the town of Papaca in the province Loja from where it flows for ca 250 km in easterly directions...
- Piura River
- Cascajal RiverCascajal River-References:* Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.*CIA map, 1995....
- Olmos River
- Motupe River or La Leche
- Chancay River (Lambayeque)
- Zaña River
- Chamán River
- Jequetepeque River
- Chicama River
- Moche River
- Virú River
- Chao River
- Santa RiverSanta RiverThe Santa River is a river in the South American Andes cordillera in the Ancash Region of northwest central Peru.-River Course:Laguna Conococha, at an altitude of 4050 m above sea level and at , is considered the headwaters of the Rio Santa. Laguna Conococha itself is fed by small streams from the...
- Lacramarca RiverLacramarca RiverLacramarca River is a river that flows through the Santa Province of Peru....
- Nepeña River
- Casma RiverCasma RiverThe Casma is a river that crosses northern Casma province in the Ancash Region of Peru. It originates in the Black Mountain Range and drains into the Pacific Ocean.Major tributaries include the Sechín River and the Grande River ....
- Sechín RiverSechín RiverSechín River in Peru, Ancash Region remains dry for long seasons, increasing its volume at times of rain in the mountain range. It is of irregular regime, due to this is known as Loco River. It rises at an altitude of 4385 m.s.n.m. in Cordillera Negra and it ends at the Casma River....
- Grande River
- Sechín River
- Culebras River
- Huarmey RiverHuarmey RiverThe Huarmey River in Peru is a seasonal river, with flows in the months of December to March; along with the underground water it is a vital source for the agricultural activities, industrial and domestic in the region....
- Fortaleza RiverFortaleza RiverThe Fortaleza River is a river of Paraná state in southern Brazil.-References:*...
- Pativilca River
- Supe River
- Huaura River
- Chancay River (Huaral)
- Chillón RiverChillón RiverThe Chillón River is a river located in western Peru. Its waters are produced by the melting of ice in the glaciers of the Andes, and its mouth is located in the Pacific Ocean coast of the Callao Region. Its volume gets higher during the summer months . The river's valley is very fertile...
- Rímac RiverRímac RiverThe Rímac River is located in western Peru and is the most important source of potable water for the Lima and Callao Metropolitan Area.The river is part of the Pacific watershed and has a length of 160 km...
- Lurín RiverLurín RiverThe the lurin river is a is a long watercourse located in the Lima Region of Peru. It originates in the glaciers and lagoons of the western Andes and is known as the Chalilla River until joining the Taquía creek where it receives its common name. Its main tributaries are the Taquía, Llacomayqui,...
- Mala River
- Omas River
- Cañete River
- Topara River
- San Juan River
- Pisco River
- Ica River
- Grande River or Nazca
- Acarí River
- Yauca River
- Indio Muerto or Chala
- Chaparra
- Atico
- Caravelí River
- Ocoña RiverOcoña RiverThe Ocoña River is a river located in the Arequipa region in southern Peru. It helped form Peru's deep canyon walls....
- Camaná RiverCămana RiverThe Cămana River is a tributary of the Câlniştea River in Romania.-References:* Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti* Institutul de Meteorologie şi Hidrologie - Rîurile României - Bucureşti 1971...
- Colca RiverColca RiverThe Colca River is a Peruvian river that flows deep in the rugged Andes of southern Peru....
- Colca River
- Vitor River
- Sihuas River
- Quilca River or Chili
- Tambo River
- Corlaque River
- Osmore River or Moquegua or Ilo
- Locumba River
- Sama River
- Caplina RiverCaplina RiverThe Caplina River is a river in southern Peru. It runs through the city of Tacna, after which it gets dry due to filtration, evaporation and extractive use of the water....
Alphabetical list
- Acre River
- Aguarico RiverAguarico RiverThe Aguarico River is a river in northern Ecuador. It is the main river of the Sucumbíos province. In the last part of its course it is the Ecuadorian-Peruvian border. It empties into the Napo River...
- Amazon RiverAmazon RiverThe Amazon of South America is the second longest river in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an average discharge greater than the next seven largest rivers combined...
- Apurímac RiverApurímac RiverThe Apurímac River rises from glacial meltwater of the ridge of Nevado Mismi, a mountain in the Arequipa Province in southern Peru.The Apurímac is the source of the world's largest river system, the Amazon River...
- Camaná RiverCămana RiverThe Cămana River is a tributary of the Câlniştea River in Romania.-References:* Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti* Institutul de Meteorologie şi Hidrologie - Rîurile României - Bucureşti 1971...
- Caplina RiverCaplina RiverThe Caplina River is a river in southern Peru. It runs through the city of Tacna, after which it gets dry due to filtration, evaporation and extractive use of the water....
- Cañete River
- Chamán River
- Chancay River (Lambayeque)
- Chancay River (Huaral)
- Chao River
- Casma RiverCasma RiverThe Casma is a river that crosses northern Casma province in the Ancash Region of Peru. It originates in the Black Mountain Range and drains into the Pacific Ocean.Major tributaries include the Sechín River and the Grande River ....
- Cenepa RiverCenepa RiverThe Cenepa River rises in the Condor mountain range in Peru, South America and has a length of 185 km. It borders to the North on Ecuador, to the East on the districts of Río Santiago and Nieva, on the South with the district of Imaza, and on the West with Ecuador....
- Chambira River
- Chillón RiverChillón RiverThe Chillón River is a river located in western Peru. Its waters are produced by the melting of ice in the glaciers of the Andes, and its mouth is located in the Pacific Ocean coast of the Callao Region. Its volume gets higher during the summer months . The river's valley is very fertile...
- Chinchipe RiverChinchipe riverThe Chinchipe River is a river in northern Peru. It rises in the Cajamarca Region's San Ignacio Province and flows in an eastwardly direction....
- Chira RiverChira RiverRío Chira is the name of a river in northern Peru whose mouth is 20 km north of the provincial capital of Piura.Its source is in the Ecuadorian Andes near the town of Papaca in the province Loja from where it flows for ca 250 km in easterly directions...
- Colca RiverColca RiverThe Colca River is a Peruvian river that flows deep in the rugged Andes of southern Peru....
- Comaina River
- Cunas RiverCunas RiverThe Cunas River is a river located in the Junín Region in central Peru. The river originates 5,180 meters above sea level in the Cordillera Occidental. The river spans 3 provinces in the Junín Region: Chupaca Province, Concepción Province and the Huancayo Province.- Course :The Cunas travels...
- Desaguadero RiverDesaguadero River (Bolivia)The Desaguadero River in Peru and Bolivia is the river that drains Lake Titicaca. It exits the lake at the southern part of the river basin, it flows south and drains approximately five percent of the lake's flood waters into Lake Uru Uru and Lake Poopó....
- Ene RiverEne RiverThe Ene River is a Peruvian river on the eastern slopes of the South American Andes.The Río Ene is part of the headwaters of the Amazon River whose origin is at the Nevado Mismi south of Cuzco where it first becomes Apurímac River, then the Ene River and Tambo River before its waters meet the...
- Heath RiverHeath RiverThe Heath River, which runs from the Andes surrounding Lake Titicaca northwards to the Madre de Dios River, marks the natural border between Peru and Bolivia.The Eja Sonene indigenous community lives in the area...
- Huallaga RiverHuallaga RiverThe Huallaga River is a tributary of the Marañón River, 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 Andes in central Peru and joins the Marañón before the latter reaches the Ucayali River to form the Amazon....
- Huancabamba RiverHuancabamba riverThe Huancabamba River has its origin in the confluence of the rivers Huaylamayo and Chontabamba in Peru. The upper course is formed by the basins of these rivers. The middle course is between Huancabamba and the Pozuzo and its lower course between Pozuzo and the confluence with the river Palcazú....
- Huarmey RiverHuarmey RiverThe Huarmey River in Peru is a seasonal river, with flows in the months of December to March; along with the underground water it is a vital source for the agricultural activities, industrial and domestic in the region....
- Javary River
- Jurua River
- Ica River
- Ilo River
- Jequetepeque River
- Madre de Dios RiverMadre de Dios RiverThe Madre de Dios River, homonymous to the Peruvian region it runs through, then becomes the Beni River in Bolivia and then turns northward into Brazil, where it is called the Madeira River...
- Mala River
- Mantaro RiverMantaro RiverThe Mantaro River is a long river running through the central region of Peru. Its Quechua name means "great river".-Geography:The river has its source at Lake Junín at a height of 4.080 m and runs through Junín, Yauli, Jauja, Concepción and Huancayo provinces in Junín Region, then through...
- Manú RiverManu RiverThe Manú is a river in southeastern Peru. It runs down the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains into the Amazon Basin. It runs through the Manú National Park, a vast Biosphere Reserve, home to arguably the highest concentration of biodiversity on Earth. Few people live along its length...
- Marañón RiverMarañón RiverThe Marañón River rises about 160 km to the northeast of Lima, Peru, flows through a deeply-eroded Andean valley in a northwesterly direction, along the eastern base of the Cordillera of the Andes, as far as 5 degrees 36' southern latitude; then it makes a great bend to the northeast, and...
- Mayo River
- Moche River
- Moquegua River
- Motupe River
- Napo RiverNapo RiverThe Napo is a tributary to the Amazon River that rises in Ecuador on the flanks of the volcanoes of Antisana, Sincholagua and Cotopaxi.The total length of 1075 km. Catchment area of 100,518 square kilometers...
- Nieva RiverNieva RiverThe Nieva River is a tributary of the Marañón River in Peru. Its length, from the east in the mountain range of Campanquiz to the mouth is approximately 150 kilometers....
- Osmore River
- Palcazu RiverPalcazu RiverThe Palcazu River is a river in Peru which forms from the confluence of the Bocaz and Cacazú rivers, who are born in the mountains of the mountain range of San Carlos....
- Perené RiverPerené RiverThe Perené River is a Peruvian river on the eastern slopes of the South American Andes.It is formed at at the confluence of the Chanchamayo River and the Paucartambo rivers, 15 km above the community of Perené, at 650 m above sea level....
- Pisco River
- Piura River
- Pozuzo RiverPozuzo RiverThe Pozuzo River is a river in Peru. It has a general course south to north. This basin departmental limit Huánuco is understood between the mountain range of Yanachaga to the East and the line - Pasco, for the North-East the line provincial limit Oxapampa - Cerro de Pasco for the South-west.More...
- Putumayo RiverPutumayo RiverThe Içá or Putumayo River is one of the tributaries of the Amazon River, west of and parallel to the Yapura. It forms part of Colombia's border with Ecuador, as well as most of the frontier with Peru...
- Purus River
- Quebrada MagunchalQuebrada MagunchalThe Quebrada Magunchal is a river in the Luya Province in Peru. Its coordinates are Latitude -5.8875 and Longitude -78.19....
- Quebrada SecaQuebrada SecaThe Quebrada Seca River is a river in Peru with a length of 29.3 km, and a slope of 7.2 per cent....
- Quilca River
- Rímac RiverRímac RiverThe Rímac River is located in western Peru and is the most important source of potable water for the Lima and Callao Metropolitan Area.The river is part of the Pacific watershed and has a length of 160 km...
- Pachitea River
- Perené RiverPerené RiverThe Perené River is a Peruvian river on the eastern slopes of the South American Andes.It is formed at at the confluence of the Chanchamayo River and the Paucartambo rivers, 15 km above the community of Perené, at 650 m above sea level....
- San Antonio RiverSan Antonio River (Peru)The San Antonio River is a river in Peru. It is the principal source that supplies the hydroelectric company of the Rodríguez de Mendoza Province....
- Santa RiverSanta RiverThe Santa River is a river in the South American Andes cordillera in the Ancash Region of northwest central Peru.-River Course:Laguna Conococha, at an altitude of 4050 m above sea level and at , is considered the headwaters of the Rio Santa. Laguna Conococha itself is fed by small streams from the...
- Tambo River
- Tambopata RiverTambopata RiverThe Tambopata River in the Madre de Dios Region flows from the eastern slope of the Andes along the border of the Puno Region to the Madre de Dios River at the capital city of Puerto Maldonado. The river flows through the Tambopata National Reserve....
- Tigre RiverTigre RiverThe Tigre River is a Peruvian tributary of the Amazon River west of the Nanay, and is navigable for 125 miles from its confluence with the Amazon. It forms from the confluence of the Ecuadorian rivers Cunambo and Pintoyacu at the Peruvian border. Like the Nanay, it flows entirely on the plains. ...
- Tumbes RiverTumbes RiverThe Tumbes River , is a river in South America.The river's sources are located between Ecuadorian El Oro and Loja provinces. It is the border between El Oro and Loja, and afterwards the border between Loja and the Tumbes Region in Peru...
- Ucayali River
- Urubamba RiverUrubamba RiverThe Urubamba River is a river in Peru. A partially navigable headwater of the Amazon River, it rises in the Andes to the south-east of Cuzco near the Puno Region border, where it is called the Vilcanota River . In the Sacred Valley, between Písac and Ollantaytambo, it is also called the Wilcamayu...
- Utcubamba RiverUtcubamba RiverThe Utcubamba River is a river in the Amazonas Region of Peru, located at . The river's name is Quechua for "cotton fields".The Utcubamba River originates in the highlands of the central cordillera, then flows north through Amazonas before joining the Marañón River...
- Virú River
- Yavarí River
- Zarumilla RiverZarumilla RiverThe Zarumilla River is a river in South America that marks the border between Peru and Ecuador. It is named after the Peruvian town of Zarumilla....