Río Paucartambo

This article covers the river in the Pasco and Junín regions. Information on the river of the same name in the Cusco region can be found under Río Yavero .

Río Paucartambo
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location	Peru
River system	Amazon
Drain over	Río Perené  → Río Tambo  → Río Ucayali  → Amazon  → Atlantic Ocean
Source lake	Laguna Aguascocha, Central Cordillera 10 ° 51 ′ 40 ″  S , 75 ° 55 ′ 40 ″  W
Source height	approx.  4160  m
Association with	Río Chanchamayo to Río Perené Coordinates: 10 ° 57 ′ 1 ″  S , 75 ° 16 ′ 57 ″  W 10 ° 57 ′ 1 ″  S , 75 ° 16 ′ 57 ″  W
Mouth height	approx.  650  m
Height difference	approx. 3510 m
Bottom slope	approx. 31 ‰
length	approx. 115 km
Catchment area	approx. 2940 km²
Left tributaries	Río Chupaca, Río Huachón
Right tributaries	Río Jachahuanca
Small towns	Paucartambo

The Río Paucartambo is the approximately 115 km long left source river of the Río Perené in central Peru , in the Pasco and Junín regions .

River course

The Río Paucartambo has its origin in the 4160  m high mountain lake Laguna Aguascocha in the Peruvian Central Cordillera . At river kilometer 95 he passes the city of Paucartambo . The dam of the Yuncán hydropower plant is located at river kilometer 82 . The Río Huachón flows into the river from the left 6 kilometers downstream . 3 kilometers below the confluence of the Río Huachón is a weir on the Río Paucartambo. The Río Paucartambo flows in the middle reaches in an easterly direction through the mountains. At river kilometer 57, the Yaupi hydroelectric power station is on the right bank of the river. For the last 30 kilometers the river turns to the southeast, later to the south. The Río Paucartambo finally unites with the Río Chanchamayo to the Río Perené.