Orthon River
| Orthon River | |
|---|---|
 The Orthon River in Puerto Rico, Bolivia | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Bolivia |
| Region | Pando Department |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Beni River |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Muymanu River |
The Orthon River is a river in the Pando Department of Bolivia and a tributary of river Beni. The river is named after explorer James Orton, who travelled the tributary around the 1870s. A territorial claim for Antonio de Vaca Diez was carved into a tree later expedition by Edwin Heath. Vaca Díez was an entrepreneur in the rubber industry who would later dominate the trade on the Orthon river. After the death of Antonio and Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald in a river accident on the Urubamba in 1897: rubber baron Nícolas Suárez absorbed the territory into his estate.
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References
- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
11°06′17″S 67°33′32″W / 11.10472°S 67.55889°W