Chira River, the Glossary
Chira River or Rio Chira is the name of a river (as well as valley) in northern Peru whose mouth is 100 km north west of the provincial capital of Piura and 25 km north of the port of Paita.[1]
Table of Contents
10 relations: Andes, Ecuador, Loja Province, Pacific Ocean, Paita, Peru, Piura, Poechos Reservoir, Sullana, Tumbes, Peru.
- Geography of Loja Province
- Rivers of Piura Region
Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.
Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west.
Loja Province
Loja Province is one of 24 provinces in Ecuador and shares its southern border on the west with El Oro Province, on the north with El Azuay, and on the east with Zamora-Chinchipe.
See Chira River and Loja Province
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.
See Chira River and Pacific Ocean
Paita
Paita is a city in northwestern Peru.
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.
Piura
Piura is a city in northwestern Peru located north of the Sechura Desert on the Piura River.
Poechos Reservoir
Poechos Reservoir is a middle-sized reservoir on Peru's Chira River in the border area between Peru and Ecuador.
See Chira River and Poechos Reservoir
Sullana
SullanaRegional Tourism Office of Piura,.
Tumbes, Peru
Tumbes is a city in northwestern Peru, on the banks of the Tumbes River.
See Chira River and Tumbes, Peru
See also
Geography of Loja Province
- Black Lakes of Jumbura
- Catamayo River
- Cazaderos Formation
- Chira River
- Podocarpus National Park
- Tumbes River
- Yacurí National Park
- Zamora River
Rivers of Piura Region
- Chinchipe River
- Chira River
- Mayo River (Peru)
- Piura River
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chira_River
Also known as Río Chira, Peru.