This is a list of rivers of Peru, that are at least partially in Peru. The Peruvian government has published guidelines for the preparation of river flow studies in April 2015.[1]
The lengths of the following 10 rivers are according to a 2005 statistical publication by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática listing the 44 most important rivers of Peru.[2]: 21, pdf 13
River | Length (km) | Length (miles) | Outflow | |
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1. | Ucayali | 1,771 | 1100 | Amazon |
2. | Marañón | 1,414 | 879 | Amazon |
3. | Putumayo | 1,380 | 858 | Amazon |
4. | Yavarí | 1,184 | 736 | Amazon |
5. | Huallaga | 1,138 | 707 | Marañón |
6. | Urubamba | 862 | 536 | Ucayali |
7. | Mantaro | 724 | 450 | Apurímac |
8. | Amazon | 713 | 443 | Atlantic Ocean |
9. | Apurímac | 690 | 429 | Ucayali |
10. | Napo | 667 | 414 | Amazon |
11. | Madre de Dios | 655 | 407 | Amazon |
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.[citation needed] Rivers longer than 400 kilometers[2] are in bold font.
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