The Amazon It is one of those places that are as spectacular as they are mysterious on the planet. And so rich hides stories and secrets unique in its seven million square kilometers, like the most dangerous river in the world.
Right in the Peruvian Amazon and surrounded by a generous forest rises the seething river, whose steaming waters reach a temperature of 94 ° C and I am able to do it kill any living thing.
For its distinctive feature, the inhabitants of the area they considered it sacred.
There was even a “belief” that circulated among them, of those that pass from generation to generation: its warm waters had Healing powersso that the shamans incorporated it into medicines.
The story of the boiling river in Peru
The mystical bubbling river in Peru also has an ancient name: Shanay-timpishkawhose translation is “boiling from the heat of the sun”.
The beginning of the river is dominated by a snake head rockaccording to the portal Dark Atlas and spread 20 minutes.
Hence, according to legend, the spirit of Yacumama or “Mother of the Waters”, precisely of a giant snake, is responsible for the creation of the hot and cold waters.
In this way, since it is considered a sacred river, it is protected by the shaman from the nearby city of Mayantuyacua small secluded healing center.
Extension of the river in the Amazon
This particular waterway has a length of 9 kilometersthe 6.24 km of its lowest part being those with the highest temperature.
And why this temperature oscillates between 49 ° C and 94 ° Cautomatically converts your waters to potentially deadly to every living thing that falls into them.
High water temperature and volcanoes
The boiling river in question is not the only one, far from it, as there are numerous of them all over the world.
But the truth is, they all meet near volcanoesthat generates the high temperatures of its waters.
However, the case of Shanay-timpishka stands as an exception, since the The closest volcano is 644 kilometers away..
So, how can this phenomenon be explained if not for the proximity to a volcano? One of the hypotheses that stands out Dark Atlas it has to do with a failure-driven hydrothermal characteristicwhich causes the river to reach such temperatures.
In this way, the water penetrates deep into the earth, warms and stands up for faults and cracks.
How to get to the river
The possibility of reaching the basin of Shanay-timpishka and to go by plane from Lima to Pucallpaa journey that lasts one hour and 40 minutes.
Then, from Pucallpa, take a vehicle to the city of Honoria, which takes an hour and a half or two more.
From Lima to Pucallpa there are about 900 kilometers and from Pucallpa to the area of the Aguas Calientes river, about 70.
Once you are in the town of Honoria, take a boat, you cross the river in about 10 minutesif you reach the mouth.
Source: Clarin
