A pongo is a term used in the Peruvian Spanish dialect for 'canyon'. It is derived from either Quechua puncu or the Aymara ponco, meaning 'door' or 'gate.' ^[1]

See:

• The Pongo de Manseriche: a gorge in northwest Peru where the Marañón River runs. The Marañón River has 35 miles of pongo before it joins the Amazon River. ^[2]
• The Pongo de Mainique: the most dangerous whitewater pass on the Urubamba River.
• The Pongo de Aguirre  [ es ] : formed by the Hualaga river when it crosses a part of the Andes. ^[3]

Notes

References

• Church, George Earl (1911). "Amazon"  . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 786–789.

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