Ucayali River
The Ucayali River is the main headstream of the Amazon River. It rises about 110 km north of Lake Titicaca, in the Arequipa region of Peru and becomes the Amazon at the confluence of the Marañón close to Nauta city.Photo: Altiplano, Public domain.
Ucayali River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Peru
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Loreto, Peru, South America
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Ucayali River Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Río Ucayali
- Arabic: نهر أوكايالي
- Armenian: Ուկայալի (գետ)
- Armenian: Ուկայալի
- Asturian: Ríu Ucayali
- Basque: Ucayali
- Basque: Ucayali ibaia
- Belarusian: Укаялі (рака)
- Belarusian: Укаялі
- Bengali: উকায়ালি নদী
- Bosnian: Ucayali (rijeka)
- Bosnian: Ucayali
- Bulgarian: Укаяли (река)
- Bulgarian: Укаяли
- Catalan: Riu Ucayali
- Catalan: riu Ucayali
- Cebuano: Río Ucayali
- Chinese: 乌卡亚利河
- Chinese: 烏卡亞利河
- Chuvash: Укаяли
- Croatian: Ucayali
- Czech: Ucayali
- Danish: Ucayali
- Dutch: Ucayali
- Egyptian Arabic: نهر اوكايالى
- English: Río Ucayali
- English: Ucayali
- Esperanto: Ukajalo
- Estonian: Ucayali
- Estonian: Ucayali jõgi
- French: Rio Ucayali
- French: Río Ucayali
- French: rivière Ucayali
- French: río Ucayali
- Galician: Río Ucayali
- Georgian: უკაიალი
- German: Rio Ucayali
- German: Río Ucayali
- German: Ucayali
- Greek: ποταμός Ουκαγιάλι
- Hebrew: אוקיאלי
- Hungarian: Ucayali
- Indonesian: Sungai Ucayali
- Irish: Abhainn Ucayali
- Italian: Ucayali
- Japanese: ウカヤリ川
- Kazakh: Укаяли
- Kirghiz: Укаяли
- Korean: 우카얄리강
- Latin: Ucayali
- Lithuanian: Ukajalis
- Malayalam: ഉകായാലി നദി
- Mingrelian: უკაიალი
- Norwegian: Ucayali
- Norwegian Bokmål: Ucayali
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Ucayali
- Ossetian: Укаяли
- Persian: رود اوکایالی
- Polish: Ukajali
- Portuguese: Rio Ucaiáli
- Portuguese: Ucayali
- Portuguese: rio Ucayali
- Quechua: Río Ucayali
- Quechua: Ucayali
- Quechua: Ukayali
- Quechua: Ukayali mayu
- Russian: Укаяли
- Saterfriesisch: Río Ucayali
- Scots: Ucayali River
- Serbian: Río Ucayali
- Serbian: Ucayali
- Serbian: Ukajali
- Serbian: Река Укајали
- Serbian: Укајали
- Serbo-Croatian: Ucayali
- Slovak: Ucayali
- Slovenian: Río Ucayali
- Slovenian: Ucayali
- Slovenian: reka Ucayali
- Spanish: Río Ucayali
- Spanish: Ucayali
- Spanish: río Ucayali
- Swedish: Ucayali
- Telugu: యుకాయాలి నది
- Turkish: Ucayali Nehri
- Ukrainian: Укаялі
- Venetian: Fiume Ucayali
- Vietnamese: Sông Ucayali
- Welsh: Afon Ucayali
- Western Panjabi: اوکیالی دریا
- Wu Chinese: 乌卡亚利河
Other Places Named Ucayali River
Localities in the Area
- Mariscal CastillaHamlet
- Puerto FrancoLocality
- Miguel GrauLocality, 3 km north
- PayoroteVillage, 4½ km west
- Hipólito UnanueVillage, 7 km north
Landmarks in the Area
- Marañón RiverStream, 3½ km north
- Isla Puerto PradoIsland, 5 km southwest
- Islas UcayaliIsland, 6 km east
- Laguna La MoringaLake, 6 km southeast
- Isla GrauIsland, 6 km north
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Ucayali River. Photo: Altiplano, Public domain.