The Carhuasanta stream on Nevado Mismi is identified as the Amazon source
A National Geographic expedition places the most distant source of the Amazon at a stream on the northern flank of Nevado Mismi in the Peruvian Andes. The identification becomes the conventional answer for more than three decades and is still the one most often cited, though later surveys dispute it.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Nevado Mismi · geographic_feature · Peru
- Amazon River · river · Peru, Colombia, Brazil · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
The correct placement of the most distant source of the Amazon River in the Mantaro River drainage
Supports the claim that the most distant source of the Amazon lies in the Mantaro drainage rather than the Apurimac drainage identified in 1971, and therefore that the river's length remains contested. V55 verification basis: not retrieved in this session; the added length is deliberately not quoted and the volume details should be confirmed.
Area (Royal Geographical Society) · 2014 · Partly verified
Contos, J. and Tripcevich, N., Area, volume 46 (2014)
Recorded on Nevado Mismi
- The Carhuasanta stream on Nevado Mismi is identified as the Amazon source
- The most severe drought in the instrumental record
Related
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