Pongo (geography)

A "pongo" (corruption of the Kichwa "punku" and the Aymara "punku", meaning a doorBritannica 1911, op. cit., "Amazon River", page 786, note 2) is a type of canyon or narrow gorge along rivers in Peru, especially on the Marañón River (Upper Amazon) and its affluents, in the Amazonas Region.

See:

* Pongos in Amazonas, the big "pongos" of Marañón River
* The Amazonas Region, home to "pongos"
* The Pongo de Manseriche, gorge in northwest Peru where the Marañón River runs
* The Pongo de Mainique, most dangerous whitewater pass on the Urubamba River
* The Olmos-Marañon Route, transcontinental road, includes the "route of "pongos"
* The Marañón River, has 35 miles of "pongos" before the Amazon River
* The Huallaga River, crossing the Andes forming the Pongo de Aguirre

References

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cite web
author = Britannica, Encyclopædia, Eleventh Edition, Volume 1
date = 1911
title = "Amazon River"
work = Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia
url = http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/200

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