Río Tambo (Pacific Ocean)

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Río Tambo
Río Ichuña
Río Tambo near Ichuña

Río Tambo near Ichuña

Data
location PeruPeru Peru
River system Río Tambo
Confluence of Río Uturuncane and Río Crucero in the Western Cordillera
16 ° 9 ′ 3 ″  S , 70 ° 28 ′ 10 ″  W
Source height approx.  3800  m
muzzle Pacific Ocean Coordinates: 17 ° 10 ′ 16 ″  S , 71 ° 50 ′ 21 ″  W 17 ° 10 ′ 16 ″  S , 71 ° 50 ′ 21 ″  W
Mouth height m
Height difference approx. 3800 m
Bottom slope approx. 15 ‰
length approx. 258 km  (including source rivers: approx. 290 km)
Catchment area 13,362 km²
Drain MQ
34.75 m³ / s
Left tributaries Río Coralaque, Río Carumas
Right tributaries Río Paltuture, Río Para, Río Capilla
Communities Ichuña , Yunga , Lloque
The municipality of Lloque in the foreground, behind in the valley of the Río Tambo

The municipality of Lloque in the foreground, behind in the valley of the Río Tambo

The Río Tambo (in the upper reaches also Río Ichuña ) is an approx. 258 km (including source rivers: approx. 290 km) long tributary of the Pacific Ocean in the south of Peru in the regions Moquegua and Arequipa .

River course

The Río Tambo arises 8 km east of the municipality Ichuña at an altitude of about 3800  m at the confluence of the Río Uturuncane and Río Crucero in the Peruvian western cordillera . The source rivers arise 40 km southwest of the city ​​of Puno on Lake Titicaca in a mountain range up to 5353  m high. The Río Tambo initially flows 25 km to the west and then turns south. The Río Tambo passes the district administration centers Ichuña and Yunga . At river kilometer 150, the river turns sharply towards west-southwest and maintains this direction of flow up to its mouth. In the last 90 kilometers it flows through the arid, arid coastal region of southern Peru. Along a 40 km stretch of river above the estuary, the river is bordered by irrigated agricultural areas. At river kilometer 25, the Panamericana Sur highway crosses the river. The mouth of the Río Tambo into the sea is 75 km northwest of the coastal town of Ilo and 25 km southeast of the coastal town of Mollendo .

Catchment area and hydrology

The Río Tambo drains an area of ​​13,362 km². In the west the catchment area borders on that of the Río Quilca , in the east on that of the Río Moquegua . In the north the watershed runs along the Peruvian Western Cordillera. The mean discharge is 34.75 m³ / s.

ecology

The shrimp species Cryphiops caementarius from the family of rock and partner shrimp (Palaemonidae) occurs in the Río Tambo . To the west of the river mouth is the sanctuary of the Santuario nacional Lagunas de Mejía .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Camarón del Rio . Instituto del Mar del Peru - IMARPE. Retrieved September 25, 2019.