Rímac River
The Rímac River is located in western Peru and is the most important source of potable water for the Lima and Callao Metropolitan Area.
| Rímac | |
|---|---|
 The Rimac river running through Lima | |
  Location of mouth | |
| Etymology | Quechua |
| Native name | Rimaq (Quechua) |
| Location | |
| Country | Peru |
| Region | Department of Lima |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Nevado Paca |
| • location | Huarochirí Province, Peru |
| • elevation | 5,100 m (16,700 ft) |
| Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
• location | Peru |
• coordinates | 11.94730°S 76.70792°W |
| Length | 204 km (127 mi) |
| Basin size | 3,400 km2 (1,300 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 25.8 m3/s (910 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Yuraqmayu |
The river is part of the Pacific watershed and has a length of 204 km. The river begins in the highlands of the Huarochirí Province in the Lima Region and its mouth is located in Callao, near Jorge Chávez International Airport.[1]
The name Rímac is from the Quechua word rimaq, meaning "speaker, speaking",[2] leading to it being nicknamed El Río Hablador ("the talking river").
References
- Juan Diego Chávez Espinoza: Adaptation to Climate Change in the Rímac River Basin River . BMZ/KfW, Dezember 2010, p. 8
- Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch [Quechua-English dictionary] (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia.
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