Huallaga River

Amazon Basin, Huallaga highlighted

Ferry on the Rio Huallaga.

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The 1138 km long Río Huallaga is a tributary of the Marañón (larger of the two source rivers of the Amazon ) on the eastern slopes of the Andes in northern Peru.

In the upper mountainous part of these water - and nutrient-rich river flows through the larger cities Huánuco and Tingo María. The subsequent deeper open valley was known by the high proportion of coca plantations and infamous. Partly terrorist activities of splinter groups of the Sendero Luminoso, in particular in connection with local drug cartels and related activities make this region (northern part of the Huánuco Region and the southern part of the San Martín region ) for tourism unsuitable, although the scenery along the entire length of the river nature experiences could offer.

Further north winds from different tributaries of widening current through longitudinal valleys of the eastern Andes, parallel to the west in the Marañón. This region around the large town juanjui is difficult to access due to their deep gorges and rushing rivers, but also carries a variety of archaeological sites of various pre-Columbian cultures, particularly the Chachapoyas. At heights of side valleys are known sites; the largest, Gran Pajatén, ( in the National Park Río Abiseo ), another north of Kuelap, near the watershed between the rivers Marañon and Huallaga.

The Huallaga breaks through the last Andean chains at Chazuta, and from then meanders strongly, past small villages and the larger town of Yurimaguas, before continuing to the north flows into the Marañón.