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As elevation increases moving inland from Lima and other coastal locations, so also does precipitation. Chosica, 50 km (31 miles) inland from the Pacific at an elevation of 835 m (2,740 ft) gets 109 mm (4.3 in) annually of precipitation compared to Lima's precipitation of 16 mm (0.63 in).
The climate of Lima is typical of the coasts of Peru and northern Chile. The omnipresent garúa clouds and mist in winter in Lima led the nineteenth-century American author, Herman Melville to call Lima “the strangest, saddest city thou cans’t see.” (Twenty-first century Lima, however, has a flourishing tourist trade and has been ...
According to early Spanish articles, the Lima area was once called Itchyma, [citation needed] after its original inhabitants. However, even before the Inca occupation of the area in the 15th century, a famous oracle in the Rímac Valley had come to be known by visitors as Limaq (Limaq, pronounced , which means "talker" or "speaker" in the coastal Quechua that was the area's primary language ...
A storm, known as Cyclone Yaku in South America, strengthened over the waters off the coasts of Peru and Ecuador late last week and into this week and spread heavy, flooding rain across ...
The most populated city in the country is Lima, the capital of Peru. Lima's metropolitan area has a population of over 10 million. The country's second and third largest cities, Callao and Arequipa, have around 1.3 and 1.2 million people, respectively. Peru's developed urban cities are found in coastal regions and to the north.
Gradually various parts of both countries where rain is scarce, such as the provinces of Lima and Tacna, also experienced heavy rainfall. Other cities that are commonly rainy, like Quito and Riobamaba, recorded historic levels of precipitation 5 to 6 times greater than normal. The Peruvian Amazon rainforest also faced a significant rise in rain ...
A storm, known as Cyclone Yaku in South America, strengthened over the waters off the coasts of Peru and Ecuador late last week and into this week and spread heavy, flooding rain across ...
Peru's topography makes it susceptible to soil erosion. The coast of Peru is subject to wind erosion and water erosion is dominant in Sierra. Erosion also occurs in the High Selva when vegetation is cleared and in Low Selva where they get much rain on areas under slash and burn practises. The use of contoured lines, cover crops and mulching can ...