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This is a list of rivers of Peru, that are at least partially in Peru. The Peruvian government has published guidelines for the preparation of river flow studies in ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Pages in category "Rivers of Peru" The following 127 pages are in this category, out of 127 ...
The Urubamba River or Vilcamayo River [2] (possibly from Quechua Willkamayu, for "sacred river") [3] is a river in Peru. Upstream it is called Vilcanota River (possibly from Aymara Willkanuta, for "house of the sun"). [4] Within the La Convención Province, the name changes to Urubamba. [5] A partially navigable headwater of the Amazon River ...
Topographic map of Peru. Peru has a large amount of water resources, with 159 river basins and a per capita availability of 68,321 cubic meters (m 3) in 2006. According to FAO the long-run average annual rainfall is 1,738 millimeters (mm).
Representing roughly 60% of Peru's national territory, this area includes the Amazon, Marañón, Huallaga and Ucayali Rivers. [ 18 ] Almost 60% of the country's area is located within this region, [ 19 ] (700,000 km 2 or 270,000 sq mi) giving Peru the fourth largest area of tropical forest in the world after Brazil, Congo and Indonesia .
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Rivers of Peru. It includes rivers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This is a container category .
The Ucayali River (Spanish: Río Ucayali, IPA: [ˈri.o wkaˈʝali]) is the main headstream of the Amazon River. It rises about 110 km (68 mi) north of Lake Titicaca, in the Arequipa region of Peru and becomes the Amazon at the confluence of the Marañón close to Nauta city. The city of Pucallpa is located on the banks of the Ucayali.
The Huallaga River is a tributary of the Marañón River, part of the Amazon Basin. Old names for this river include Guallaga and Rio de los Motilones. The Huallaga is born on the slopes of the Andes in central Peru and joins the Marañón before the latter reaches the Ucayali River to form the Amazon. Its main affluents are the Monzón, Mayo ...