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{{For|Nanay people of Siberia|Nanai people}}
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| name               = Nanay River
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| image              = The Amazon meets Rio Nanay.jpg
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| image_caption      = The Nanay River (black) meets the [[Amazon River]] (light brownish; in background)
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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of mouth
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| discharge1_location=[[Iquitos]] (near mouth) 
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{{convert|1,072.655|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}<ref name="riversnetwork_org">{{cite web|url=https://www.riversnetwork.org/rbo/index.php/river-blogs/south-america/itemlist/category/1068-napo|title=Rivers Network|year=2020|access-date=2022-03-04|archive-date=2022-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221092012/https://www.riversnetwork.org/rbo/index.php/river-blogs/south-america/itemlist/category/1068-napo|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{convert|1,284|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12543/1063|title=Oficina Nacional de Evaluación de Recursos Naturales (ONERN)|year=1980}}</ref> 
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{{convert|19,413|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12543/1063|title=Oficina Nacional de Evaluación de Recursos Naturales (ONERN)|year=1980}}</ref> 
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The '''Nanay River''' is a river in northern [[Peru]]. It is a [[tributary]] of the [[Amazon River]], merging into this river at the city of [[Iquitos]]. The lower part of the Nanay flows to the north and west of the city, while the [[Itaya River]] flows to the south and east. Other nearby settlements on the Nanay River include the villages of Santo Tomás, Padre Cocha, and Santa Clara. During periods when the river is low, the many beaches along the Nanay are popular destinations. The Nanay belongs entirely to the lowlands, and is very crooked, has a slow current and divides into many ''canos''{{efn|A ''cano'' is a kind of natural [[canal]]; it forms a lateral discharge for surplus water from a river.}} and strings of [[lagoon]]s which flood the flat, low areas of country on either side. It is simply the drainage [[ditch]] of districts which are extensively overflowed in the rainy season. Captain  [[Archibald Butt]] USN, ascended it {{convert|195|mi|km|abbr=on}}, to near its source.<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=Amazon|inline=1}}</ref> A part of the Nanay River flows through the [[Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve]].

The Nanay is a [[blackwater river]] and it has a high fish [[species richness]], including several that are well known from the [[aquarium]] industry. Some of these, notably [[green discus]], are the result of accidental [[Introduced species|introductions]] that happened in the 1970s.<ref>Ricketts, M.; and Schlese, D: ''[http://www.discusnews.com/article/cat-04/peruvian.shtml The Peruvian Altum... it's NOT an Altum, it's Scalare.]'' Retrieved 1 June 2014.</ref><ref>Aquatechnics: ''{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120526093304/http://www.aquatechnics.net/nanay.htm Rio Nanay.]}}'' Retrieved 1 June 2014.</ref>

The river is the location of hundreds of illegal [[artisanal mining|artisanal mines]] digging for gold.<ref name="trid">{{cite news |last=Gabay |first=Aimee |date=22 December 2023 |title=‘This river is doomed’: Peru’s gold rush threatens waterways and the people who depend on them  |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/dec/22/illicit-gold-mining-loreto-peru-indigenous-peoples-fight-protect-amazon-rivers |work=The Guardian |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref>

The [[2012 Loreto floods|2012 floods]] of the Amazon, Itaya, and Nanay rivers, amid the heaviest rains the region had faced in 40 years, left approximately 80,000 people homeless.<ref>{{cite web |date=7 April 2012 |title=Inundaciones afectan a unos 80 mil pobladores |trans-title=Flooding affects some 80,000 poor |url=http://peru21.pe/2012/04/07/impresa/inundaciones-afectan-80-mil-pobladores-2019067 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731223149/http://peru21.pe/2012/04/07/impresa/inundaciones-afectan-80-mil-pobladores-2019067 |archive-date=2014-07-31 |access-date=2016-06-27 |website=[[Perú.21]] |language=Spanish}}</ref>

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[[Category:Tributaries of the Amazon River]]
[[Category:Rivers of Peru]]
[[Category:Rivers of the Department of Loreto]]


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