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Close ✕Nevado Mismi
A peak in the Chila range of the Peruvian Andes, in the Arequipa Region, on whose northern flank the Carhuasanta stream rises.
-15.5, -71.7 · approximate · permanent feature; identified as the Amazon source from 1971
On the world
- A place in: Amazon Rainforest · 3 places
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Connections
- is originates in of Amazon River — The Carhuasanta stream on the northern flank of Nevado Mismi has been the conventionally accepted most distant source since 1971, though a competing placement in the Mantaro drainage was published in 2014.
- is constrained by of Flying Rivers (Aerial Rivers) — The Andean cordillera blocks westward moisture transport and deflects it southeastward along the eastern Andean flank.
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