Marañón [river] - Marañón

Japanese: マラニョン[川] - マラニョン
Marañón [river] - Marañón
The main source of the Amazon River in South America. It originates in the Andes in central-western Peru, flows north, turns northwest and flows through the Amazon Basin, and merges with the Ucayali River, the second largest river, to form the Amazon River about 90 km south of Iquitos. The total length is 1,414 km.
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Japanese:
南米，アマゾン川の主要源流。ペルー中西部アンデス山中に発して北流し，北西に転じてアマゾン盆地を流れ，イキトスの南約90kmで第２の大河ウカヤリ川と合流してアマゾン川になる。全長1414km。
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