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Gocta (Spanish: Catarata del Gocta) is a perennial waterfall with two drops located in Peru's province of Bongara in Amazonas, approximately 771 kilometres (479 mi) to the northeast of Lima. It flows into the Cocahuayco River .
Parco Fluviale del Nera: Italy: Created by the ancient Romans. Liebian Waterfall: 108 metres (354 ft) Liebian International Plaza: China: Edmonton Great Divide Waterfall: 64 meters (210 ft) High Level Bridge: Canada: Not operational since 2009, but plans to restart it are being considered. Lake Peigneur: 50 meters (164 ft) Delcambre Canal ...
Yumbilla is 895.5 m (2,938 ft) high, with the top located 2,723.6 m (8,936 ft) above sea level and the base at 1,828.1 m (5,998 ft). [1] The height was measured with the help of laser instruments by a geographical survey of the National Geographic Institute of Peru (IGN) in 2007.
Gocta Falls – Spanish: Catarata del Gocta Three Sisters Falls – 914 m (2,999 ft) high; Spanish: Cataratas Tres Hermanas; highest falls in Peru and may be the 3rd highest in the world Yumbilla Falls
Bongará is a province of Peru's Amazonas Region. [1] It borders to the north with the province of Condorcanqui, to the east with the San Martín Region and Loreto Region, to the south with the province of Chachapoyas and to the west with the provinces of Luya and Utcubamba. [2] It presents a varied geographical configuration.
Marañón valley between Chachapoyas and Celendin, Peru. The department of Amazonas consists of regions covered by rainforests and mountain ranges.The rainforest zone predominates (72.93%) and it extends to the north over its oriental slope, up to the border with Ecuador in the summits of the Cordillera del Cóndor.
In northern Peru, the World Bank's business-lending arm is part owner of the Yanacocha gold mine, accused by impoverished farming communities of despoiling their land in pursuit of the precious ore. The bank and IFC have stepped up investments in projects deemed to have a high risk of serious and environment damage, including oil pipelines, mines and even coal-fired power plants, an ...
This is a list of lighthouses in Peru. It includes those maritime lighthouses that are located on the islands and the Pacific coastline of the country, which are named landfall lights, or have a range of at least fifteen nautical miles. Peru also has a number of lighthouses on the western side of Lake Titicaca, these are listed separately. [1 ...