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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 April 2015. The Peruvian government has published guidelines for the preparation of river flow studies in April 2015.
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 .
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 ...
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).
Peru is a megadiverse country, with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west, to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country, to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River. [10] Peru has a population of over 32 million, and its ...
Lakes of Peru (2 C, 369 P) R. Rivers of Peru (3 C, 127 P) Pages in category "Bodies of water of Peru" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
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 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 ...