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Putumayo River: Geography, Location & Navigation

 
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The Putumayo River

Putumayo River, (in Brazil: Iĉa, a tributary of the Amazon River in east-central South America. Beginning in the Colombian Andes, it flows southeastward along the Colombia-Ecuador and Colombia-Peru borders, entering the Amazon in northwestern Brazil. The Putumayo is about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) long, and is navigable for most of its length.