Boats carrying bananas in the Amazon River

Boats carrying bananas in the Amazon River, Iquitos, Loreto, Peru, South America. It is surrounded by the Port of Iquitos, formed by the Amazon, Nanay and Itaya rivers. The city is situated on the left bank of the Amazon River, which provides a characteristic economic life, including trade and transport. The Itaya and Nanay rivers limit the physical expansion of the city in that direction; new development is growing toward the south and there is a slight population density in Downtown Iquitos. Close to Iquitos are a number of lagoons and lakes; Moronococha Lake is a boundary to the city on the west. These features make the city seem like a huge, faux river island. (Photo by: Sergi Reboredo/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)