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Where exactly is the source of the Amazon river ? |
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Explorers Pinpoint Source of the Amazon
Donald Smith for National Geographic News
December 21, 2000
Long a subject of argument and speculation, the source of the Amazon River has now been pinpointed by a five-nation National Geographic expedition using state-of-the-art Global Positioning System (GPS) navigational gear. The point of origin is a trickle of water coming off a cliff high in the Peruvian Andes.
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Nevado Mismi is a mountain peak of volcanic origin located in the Andes mountain range of Peru.
Nevado Mismi is located about 160 km west of Lake Titicaca and 700 km southeast of Peru's capital city, Lima in the Arequipa region. It is one of the highest points of Colca Canyon. There are several glaciers on the peak.
In 2001 it was verified that the main headwater of the Amazon River has its glacial source on Nevado Mismi. An expedition of the National Geographic Society discovered that Carhuasanta stream flowing into RĂo ApurĂmac originates on the mountain's northern slopes and then runs its course through other tributaries and rivers to help form the main Amazon River. |
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in the most recent expedition made by national geographic it was concluded that the amazon river's source comes from the mismi glacier located in the remote Andes of Peru.
The team consisted of 22 people representing the United States, Peru, Canada, Spain, and Poland—where Pietowski was born. They explored all five of the remote Andean rivers that combine to form the Amazon: the Apurimac, Huallaga, Mantaro, Maranion and Urubamba-Vilcanota. and yes the mismi is the principal and most exact source. |
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Nevado Mismi is a mountain peak of volcanic origin located in the Andes mountain range of Peru.
Nevado Mismi is located about 160 km west of Lake Titicaca and 700 km southeast of Peru's capital city, Lima in the Arequipa region. It is one of the highest points of Colca Canyon. There are several glaciers on the peak.
In 2001 it was verified that the main headwater of the Amazon River has its glacial source on Nevado Mismi. |
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