Río Huancabamba (Río Pozuzo)
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Río Huancabamba Río Chontabamba, Río Chorobamba |
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 The river near the village of Huancabamba |
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 Peru
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| River system | Amazon | |
| Drain over | Río Pozuzo → Río Palcazú → Río Pachitea → Río Ucayali → Amazon → Atlantic Ocean | |
| Headwaters | eastern foothills of the Cordillera Huaguruncho 10 ° 36 ′ 26 ″ S , 75 ° 40 ′ 2 ″ W |
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| Source height | approx. 3680 m | |
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Río Santa Cruz to Río Pozuzo Coordinates: 10 ° 2 ′ 29 ″ S , 75 ° 32 ′ 1 ″ W 10 ° 2 ′ 29 ″ S , 75 ° 32 ′ 1 ″ W. |
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| Mouth height | approx. 700 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 2980 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 25 ‰ | |
| length | 117 km | |
| Catchment area | approx. 1940 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Río Huaylamayo | |
| Right tributaries | Río Llamaquizú | |
| Small towns | Oxapampa , Pozuzo | |
| Communities | Chontabamba, Huancabamba , Prusia | |
The Río Huancabamba (upper reaches: Río Chontabamba ) is the 117 km long right source river of the Río Pozuzo in east-central Peru in the Oxapampa province ( Pasco region ).
River course
The Río Huancabamba rises as Río Chontabamba in the eastern foothills of the Cordillera Huaguruncho , almost 30 km west of the city of Oxapampa , at an altitude of about 3680 m . The river initially runs 30 km in an easterly direction through the mountains. He passes the village of Chontabamba . At the town of Oxapampa it takes the Río Llamaquizú from the right and turns to the northwest and then runs along the western flank of the Cordillera Yanachaga . Now the river is called Río Huancabamba . Near the settlement of Huancabamba , at river kilometer 47, the Río Huaylamayo meets the river coming from the southwest. This now turns north and flows through a narrow valley. The Río Huancabamba passes the hamlet of Prusia and the small town of Pozuzo before it meets the Río Santa Cruz coming from the west , with which it joins the Río Pozuzo.
Catchment area
The catchment area covers an area of around 1940 km². It is bounded to the east by the Cordillera Yanachaga. In the south-west, the catchment area extends to the glaciated mountain range of the 5723 m high Huaguruncho .
