The Amazon river system originated in Peru

After nearly 4 centuries of research and making different judgments, the origin of the Amazon and South America rivers has just been announced by scientists.

It is Peru's Mantaro River.

Since 1600, scientists have identified at least five Peruvian tributaries, including the Apurimac River - identified in 1971 as the origin of the Amazon river system.

Graphic of the Mantaro River - originating in the Amazon river system.(Photo: Daily Mail)

Now scientists at the University of California (USA) have announced that they are not the starting point, but instead are Peru's Mantaro River, according to British news agency Fox News on February 14.

According to Daily Mail, using data tracked through the Global Positioning System (GPS) and satellite images, researcher James Contos and colleagues at the University of California said the Mantaro River is about 10% longer than the Apurimac River. .

The Mantaro River originates in the northeast to southeast 'through' through the Mantaro valley in central Peru. Accordingly, if the world science community recognizes this result, the entire Amazon river system will have an additional length of 75-92km compared to the current length of 6,437km.

Apurimac River, Peru territory - (Photo: Daily Mail)

Previously, in 2000, an expedition of National Geographic (USA) confirmed that Ticlla Cocha Lake originated in the snowy mountains of Mismi, Peru where the Amazon river originated.

Scientists say this study provides a new perspective - the mysteries of the origins of the Amazon river that have been controversial in the past. But is this the final study result?