Pongo (geography)

[[File:Pongo_de_manseriche.jpg | thumb | right]]A '''''pongo''''' is a term used in the [[Peruvian Spanish]] dialect for '[[canyon]]'. It is derived from either [[Quechua language|Quechua]] ''puncu'' or the [[Aymara language|Aymara]] ''ponco'', meaning 'door' or 'gate.'{{sfn|Church|1911|pages=786 fn 2}}

See: * The [[Pongo de Manseriche]]: a gorge in northwest Peru where the [[Marañón River]] runs. The Marañón River has 35 miles of ''pongo'' before it joins the Amazon River.{{sfn|Church|1911|pages=786–787}} * The [[Pongo de Mainique]]: the most dangerous whitewater pass on the [[Urubamba River]]. * The {{ILL|Pongo de Aguirre|es}} : formed by the [[Huallaga River|Hualaga river]] when it crosses a part of the Andes.{{sfn|Church|1911|page=786}}

==Notes== {{reflist}} ==References== *{{cite EB1911 |last=Church |first=George Earl |wstitle=Amazon |volume=1|pages=786–789}}

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