Río Mantaro
Río Mantaro | ||
Río Mantaro |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Google Earth
- ^ 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.
- ^ Electroperú - La Energía de todos los Peruanos. Retrieved May 8, 2020 (Spanish).