Yanamayo

For the mountain in the Potosí Department, Bolivia, see Yana Mayu (Potosí).

Yanamayo (possibly from Quechua yana black, mayu river,^[1] "black river") is a river in the Ancash Region in Peru. It flows along the border between the provinces Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald and Mariscal Luzuriaga and empties into the Marañón River as a left tributary. The confluence is on the border of the districts Eleazar Guzman Barron, San Nicolás and Canchabamba.^[2]

Yanamayo
Suspension bridge of Pucayacu across the river Yanamayo which connects the districts Llama and Yauya
Etymology	Quechua
Location
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash Region, Huánuco Region
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Marañón River
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Pomapampa, Pampachara
• right	Tinkuq, San Nicolás

See also

• Huachucocha