Río Mantaro

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Río Mantaro
Río Mantaro

Río Mantaro

Data
location PeruPeru Peru
River system Amazon
Drain over Río Ene  → Río Tambo  → Río Ucayali  → Amazon  → Atlantic Ocean
Source lake Junín Lake
10 ° 55 ′ 26 ″  S , 76 ° 16 ′ 45 ″  W.
Source height 4082  m
Association with Río Apurímac to Río Ene Coordinates: 12 ° 15 ′ 46 ″  S , 73 ° 58 ′ 44 ″  W 12 ° 15 ′ 46 ″  S , 73 ° 58 ′ 44 ″  W.
Mouth height approx.  470  m
Height difference approx. 3612 m
Bottom slope approx. 5 ‰
length 724 km
Catchment area 35,545 km²
Drain MQ
 460 m³ / s
Right tributaries Río Yauli , Río Cunas , Río Vilca , Río Ichu , Río Cachi
Reservoirs flowed through Dam Upamayo ,
dam Malpaso ,
dam Tablachaca ,
dam Cerro del Águila
Big cities Huancayo
Small towns Jauja , La Oroya

The Río Mantaro (in Quechua Mantaru mayu , Hatun mayu or Wanka mayu ) is a river in the Peruvian Andes . It is the left source river of the Río Ene , an upper reaches of the Amazon .

Surname

The name Mantaro was given to the river in 1782 by the Franciscan Francisco Álvarez de Villanueva . The word comes from the Asháninka language and means "estuary". The previously commonly used Quechua name Hatun Mayu means "great river", while Wanka mayu means "river of the Huanca ".

course

The Río Mantaro has its source in Lake Junín . It flows from the lake in the northwest and runs a few kilometers in a southern, then in a southeastern direction. At Sincamachay, the Río Mantaro flows through the Malpaso reservoir . The Mantaro Valley is an important growing area for the supply of the capital Lima with food. It passes the cities of La Oroya , Jauja and Huancayo . At San Miguel de Mayocc, the Río Mantaro bends north, then changes to north-westerly direction and then flows back to south-east. At Canayre it joins the Río Apurímac to the Río Ene .

Its main tributaries are the Río Cunas and the Río Ichu .

The Mantaro power plant complex , the largest hydroelectric power plant in Peru, with the Tablachaca dam is located on the Río Mantaro .

Web links

Commons : Río Mantaro  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Google Earth
  2. ^ Aquilino Castro Vásquez: Teresa Apoalaya, "la muy poderosa señora Catalina Huanca": procuradora de indios y ayllus, gran cacica gobernadora de las parcialidades de Hanan Huanca, Hatun Xauxa y Urin Huanca (nación Huanca) . Imprenta Ríos, Huancayo 2005, p. 29.
  3. ^ Electroperú - La Energía de todos los Peruanos. Retrieved May 8, 2020 (Spanish).