# Pongo (geography)

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A ***pongo*** is a term used in the [Peruvian Spanish](/source/Peruvian_Spanish) dialect for '[canyon](/source/Canyon)'. It is derived from either [Quechua](/source/Quechua_language) *puncu* or the [Aymara](/source/Aymara_language) *ponco*, meaning 'door' or 'gate.'[1]

See:

- The [Pongo de Manseriche](/source/Pongo_de_Manseriche): a gorge in northwest Peru where the [Marañón River](/source/Mara%C3%B1%C3%B3n_River) runs. The Marañón River has 35 miles of *pongo* before it joins the Amazon River.[2]

- The [Pongo de Mainique](/source/Pongo_de_Mainique): the most dangerous whitewater pass on the [Urubamba River](/source/Urubamba_River).

- The [Pongo de Aguirre](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pongo_de_Aguirre&action=edit&redlink=1) [[es](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pongo_de_Aguirre)] : formed by the [Hualaga river](/source/Huallaga_River) when it crosses a part of the Andes.[3]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChurch1911786_fn_2_1-0)** [Church 1911](#CITEREFChurch1911), pp. 786 fn 2.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChurch1911786–787_2-0)** [Church 1911](#CITEREFChurch1911), pp. 786–787.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChurch1911786_3-0)** [Church 1911](#CITEREFChurch1911), p. 786.

## References

- Church, George Earl (1911). ["Amazon"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Amazon). In [Chisholm, Hugh](/source/Hugh_Chisholm) (ed.). *[Encyclopædia Britannica](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition)*. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 786–789.

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