It begins as a tiny trickle of melting glacial ice high in the Andes; making its way down the 18,363 foot tall Nevado Mismi deep inside Peru near the town of Arequipa.  Some 75 miles downstream, at an elevation of 12,000 feet, it is joined by one of over 500 tributaries, the Apurimac River flowing … Continue reading From Trickle to Torrent – The Amazon