Chiriaco River
River in Peru / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the waterfall in the Junín Region, Peru, see Chiri Yaku. For the mountain in the Apurímac Region, Peru, see Chiri Yaku (Apurímac).
The Chiriaco (from Quechua Chiri Yaku, chiri cold, yaku water, "cold water")[1] is a river in Peru. It is a tributary of the Marañón and takes Tuntungos, Shushug and Wawas as principal tributaries.
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In 2016, a large oil spill from Petroperú's pipeline contaminated Chiriaco.[2][3]