Pacaya River
| Pacaya River | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Native name | Río Pacaya (Spanish) |
| Location | |
| Country | Peru |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 6°23′08″S 75°13′16″W / 6.3856°S 75.2211°W[1] |
| Mouth | Ucayali River |
• location | Bretaña |
• coordinates | 5°14′56″S 74°21′35″W / 5.2489°S 74.3597°W |
| Length | 400 km (250 mi)[1] |
The Pacaya River is a river in Peru. It is a left-bank tributary of the Ucayali River and part of the Amazon Basin. There is little elevation difference from source to mouth and the seasonally flooded wetland of the Pacaya Basin forms part of the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve. The 400-km long Pacaya flows into the Ucayali at Bretaña.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Ziesler, R.; Ardizzone, G.D. (1979). "Amazon River System". The Inland waters of Latin America. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-000780-9. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014.
- ^ "Reserva Nacional Pacaya-Samiria". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ Kirkland, Maire (4 September 2018). "Sustainable wildlife extraction and the impacts of socio-economic change among the Kukama-Kukamilla people of the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, Peru". Oryx. 54 (2). doi:10.1017/S0030605317001922. Retrieved 5 December 2023.