Apurímac River

E1009423

headwater of the Amazon River river

The Apurímac River is a major river in southern Peru that forms one of the principal headwaters of the Amazon River system, flowing through deep Andean canyons.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Vilcanota River	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	headwater of the Amazon River ⓘ river ⓘ
basinCountry	Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ
canyonDepth	over 3000 m in places ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Peru ⓘ
drainageBasin	Amazon Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
flowsInto	Ene River NERFINISHED ⓘ
flowsThrough	Apurímac Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Arequipa Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Ayacucho Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Cusco Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Huancavelica Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Junín Region NERFINISHED ⓘ deep Andean canyons ⓘ
formsBorderBetween	Apurímac Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Ayacucho Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Cusco Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
formsConfluenceWith	Mantaro River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBridge	Puente Queswachaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Queshuachaca NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCanyon	Apurímac Canyon NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHazard	rapids ⓘ waterfalls ⓘ
knownFor	deep gorges ⓘ steep gradients ⓘ whitewater rafting ⓘ
languageOfName	Quechua NERFINISHED ⓘ
length	approximately 730 km ⓘ
locatedIn	Andean highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Peru ⓘ
mountainRange	Andes ⓘ
mouth	Ene River NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameMeaning	“oracle” ⓘ “speaker of the gods” ⓘ
partOf	Amazon River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionHydrologyRole	principal source of the Amazon by length ⓘ
sourceElevation	over 5000 m ⓘ
sourceFor	Amazon River system NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceLocation	Arequipa Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Cusco Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
tributaryOf	Ene River NERFINISHED ⓘ
upstreamNameOf	Amazon River NERFINISHED ⓘ Ene River NERFINISHED ⓘ Tambo River NERFINISHED ⓘ Ucayali River NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	adventure tourism ⓘ hydroelectric potential ⓘ irrigation ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apurímac Region → hasFeature → Apurímac River ⓘ

Calca Province → locatedOnRiver → Apurímac River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vilcanota River