Tambo River (Peru)
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{{Infobox river
| name = Tambo River
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| image = Rio Tambo (Peru).jpg
| image_size = 300
| image_caption = View of the Tambo River near Puerto Prado
| map = Rio Apurímac.png
| map_size = 300
| map_caption = Map of large rivers in south-central Peru
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| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Peru
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| length = {{convert|159|km|mi|abbr=on}}
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| discharge1_avg ={{convert|2800|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
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| source1 = Confluence of Ene and Perené Rivers
| source1_location = Peru
| source1_coordinates= {{coord|11|9|56|S|74|14|7|W|display=inline}}
| source1_elevation = {{convert|400|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth = Ucayali River
| mouth_location = confluence with Urubamba River, Peru
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|10|41|57|S|73|45|22|W|display=inline,title}}
| mouth_elevation = {{convert|287|m|abbr=on}}
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The Tambo River (Spanish: Río Tambo) is a Peruvian river on the eastern slopes of the Andes. The name only refers to a relatively short section of the waterbody; about {{convert|159|km|mi|abbr=on}} long. It starts at the confluence of the Ene and Perené Rivers at the town of Puerto Prado. From here the Tambo flows {{convert|70|km|mi|abbr=on}} in an easterly direction and then turns north. When merging with the Urubamba River at the town of Atalaya, it becomes the Ucayali River.
The Tambo is part of the headwaters of the Amazon River whose origin is the Mantaro River at Cordilerra Ruminator Cruz.
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Category:Tributaries of the Amazon River
Category:Tributaries of the Ucayali River
Category:Rivers of the Department of Junín
Category:Rivers of the Department of Ucayali
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