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The Ucayali's width varies from 400–1,200 metres (1,300–3,900 ft), due to the large number of islands. The current runs from 5–6 kilometres per hour (3.1–3.7 mph), and a channel from 20–50 metres (66–164 ft) wide can always be found with a minimum depth of 1.5 m (4.9 ft).
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There are five difficult passes, due to the accumulation of trees and rafts of timber. Sometimes large rocks which have fallen from the mountains and spread across the riverbed cause whirlpools.
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has organised many costly and ably-conducted expeditions to explore it. One of them (1867) claimed to have reached within 380 km (240 mi) of
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56 km (35 mi) upstream from its junction with the Tambo, to a point 320 km (200 mi) north of
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Ucayali River (confluence with Tambo River to confluence with the Marañón): 1,600.1 km (994.3 mi)
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Ziesler, R.; Ardizzone, G.D. (1979). "Amazon River System".
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Apurímac River (total length): 730.7 km (454.0 mi)
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2,238 km (1,391 mi) 1,460 km (910 mi)
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Tambo River (total length): 158.5 km (98.5 mi)
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Ene River (total length): 180.6 km (112.2 mi)
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