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The Apurímac River ((スペイン語:Río Apurímac), ; from Quechua ''apu'' 'divinity' and ''rimaq'' 'oracle, talker') rises from glacial meltwater of the ridge of the Mismi, a mountain in the Arequipa Province in southern Peru. The Apurímac is the source of the world's largest river system, the Amazon River. It rises in the south-western mountain ranges of Peru, from the village Caylloma, and less than from the Pacific coast. It flows generally northwest past Cusco in narrow gorges of up to 3,000 m, twice as deep as the Grand Canyon in the USA, its course interrupted by falls and rapids. Of the six attempts so far to travel the Apurímac in its full length, only two have been successful. After , the Apurímac joins the Mantaro River and becomes the Ene River at , above sea level; then after joining the Perené River at above sea level, it becomes the Tambo River; when it joins the Urubamba at above sea level the river becomes the Ucayali, which is the main headstream of the Amazon. Sometimes the complete river from its source to its junction with the ''Ucayali'', i.e. including the rivers ''Ene'' and ''Tambo'', is called "Apurímac", with a total length of . In the 13th century, the Inca constructed a bridge over this river which gave them access to the west.〔Jonathan Norton Leonard, "Ancient America", Great Ages of Man Series published by Time/Life Books, 1968 p 185〕 ==See also== * Aqumayu * Choquequirao * Q'eswachaka bridge 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Apurímac River」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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