Wednesday, July 28, 2004

Aguarico River

Spanish �R�o Aguarico, � river, northeastern Ecuador, rising south of Tulc�n, in the Andes mountains near the Ecuador-Colombia border, and flowing east-southeast for approximately 230 miles (370 km) to its juncture with the R�o Napo at Pantoja. It is navigable for smaller boats. The Rio de Janeiro Protocol of 1942 fixed the lower course of the Aguarico (Spanish: �Rich Water�) as part of the long-disputed Ecuador-Peru