Amazon Basin

WHS that are located within the Amazon Basin, the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. It is limited to those in the Amazon watershed, not the more extensive Amazon biosphere.

Geography

Connected Sites

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Central Amazon Conservation Complex "the largest protected area in the Amazon Basin" (OUV) - Located primarily at the confluence of the Negro (the largest left tributary of the Amazon River (accounting for about 14% of the water in the Amazon basin)) and Solimões Rivers (upper stretches of the Amazon River)
Chavin At the headwaters of the Marañón River, a tributary of the Amazon
Chiribiquete National Park Chiribiquete National Park contains the drainage basins of the Mesay, Cuñare, San Jorge and Amú Rivers. Most of the rivers in the park are tributaries of the Caquetá River, which is in turn a tributary of the Amazon River. (wiki)
Cuzco At the Huatanay river, which trickles eventually into the Amazon
Huascaran National Park The waters on the East side of Huascaran NP drain into the Rio Maranon - a tributary of the Amazon
Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos San Jose de Chiquitos is on the Piray river, a tributary of the Yapacani and then the Amazon.
Machu Picchu Machu Picchu is set above the Urubamba river. The Urubamba (also called Vilcanota and Wilcamayu) joins the Apurimac which joins the Ucayali which joins the Amazon!! The Apurimac is considered the source of the Amazon.
Manu National Park The Manu is a tributary to the 1,347 km long Madre de Dios River, which downriver joins the Madeira River, and ultimately the Amazon River. (wiki)
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park "The National Park is one of the largest (1,523,000 ha) and most intact parks in the Amazon Basin." (official description) - The Guaporé (Río Iténez) is part of the Madeira River basin, which eventually empties into the Amazon River. (wiki)
Qhapaq Ñan
Sangay National Park "Major rivers drain eastwards into the Amazon Basin"
Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca "The dominant features of the city's geography are also the source of its name in Spanish: the four rivers of Cuenca (meaning a basin made by a confluence of rivers). These rivers are the Tomebamba (named after the Inca culture), Yanuncay, Tarqui and Machangara, in order of importance. .... These four rivers are part of the Amazon river watershed" (Wiki)

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