Nevado Mismi
Mismi is a mountain peak of volcanic origin in the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru. A glacial stream on the Mismi was identified as the most distant source of the Amazon River in 1996; this finding was confirmed in 2001 and again in 2007. This claim has been challenged with three locations for the source of the Amazon identified, depending upon the definition of "source." The waters from Mismi flow into the streams Carhuasanta and Apachita, which flow into the Apurímac River. It is a tributary of the Ucayali which later joins the Marañón to form the Amazon proper.
Key facts
- Mountain.type
- Stratovolcano
- Mountain.name
- Mismi
- Mountain.photo
- Nevado Mismi.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Mismi seen from South-East
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 5597
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 868
- Mountain.range
- Andes, Ch'ila mountain range
- Mountain.location
- Arequipa Region, Peru
- Mountain.map
- Peru
- Mountain.map_caption
- Peru
- Mountain.map_size
- 240
- Mountain.label_position
- left
via Wikipedia infobox
Article · Português
Nevado Mismi é um monte de origem vulcânica localizado na Cordilheira dos Andes, no Peru, que supostamente guardava a nascente do rio Amazonas.Por muito tempo, a nascente do Amazonas foi considerada o ou laguna Lauricocha, que significa lago Azul (“yauri” = azul e “qucha” = laguna), uma expedição patrocinada pela National Geographic Society apontou a nascente no Nevado Mismi. Contudo, cientistas do Brasil e do Peru analisando fotos de satélites discordaram desse resultado; foi montada uma expedição científica conjunta, que determinou como a verdadeira nascentes a quebrada Carhuasanta.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
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On the map
3 mapped locations