Wikipedia: Pastaza

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The PASTAZA (the ancient river Sumatara) is a large
tributary to the Amazon River. It rises on the Ecuadorian tableland, where
a branch from the valley of Riobamba unites with one from
the Latacunga basin and breaks through the inland range
of the Andes; and joined, afterwards, by several important
tributaries, finds its way south-east among the gorges;
thence it turns southward into the plains, and enters the
Amazon at a point about 60 miles west of the mouth of the
Huallaga. So far as known, it is a stream of no value
except for canoe navigation. Its rise and fall are rapid
and uncertain, and it is shallow and full of sandbanks

The Pastaza (the ancient river Sumatara) is a large
tributary to the Amazon River. It rises on the Ecuadorian tableland, where a branch from the valley of Riobamba? unites with one from the Latacunga? basin and breaks through the inland range of the Andes; and joined, afterwards, by several important tributaries, finds its way south-east among the gorges; thence it turns southward into the plains, and enters the Amazon at a point about 60 miles west of the mouth of the Huallaga. So far as known, it is a stream of no value except for canoe navigation. Its rise and fall are rapid and uncertain, and it is shallow and full of sandbanks

The Pastaza (the ancient river Sumatara) is a large tributary to the Amazon River. It rises on the Ecuadorian tableland, where a branch from the valley of Riobamba? unites with one from the Latacunga? basin and breaks through the inland range of the Andes; and joined, afterwards, by several important tributaries, finds its way south-east among the gorges; thence it turns southward into the plains, and enters the Amazon at a point about 60 miles west of the mouth of the Huallaga. So far as known, it is a stream of no value except for canoe navigation. Its rise and fall are rapid and uncertain, and it is shallow and full of sandbanks and snags. It is a terrible river when in flood.