Plain of Bagua, the Glossary
The Utcubamba valley is born in the high jalcas of Chachapoyas and runs from the southeast to the northwest to mix with the waters of the Marañón river, forming the immense plain of Bagua.[1]
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8 relations: Chachapoyas Province, Marañón River, Peru, Plain, Rain, Rupa-Rupa, Suni (geography), Utcubamba (river).
- Landforms of Amazonas Region
- Valleys of Peru
Chachapoyas Province
Chachapoyas is a province of the Amazonas Region, Peru.
See Plain of Bagua and Chachapoyas Province
Marañón River
The Marañón River (Río Marañón) is the principal or mainstem source of the Amazon River, arising about 160 km to the northeast of Lima, Peru, and flowing northwest across plateaus 3,650 m (12,000 feet) high, it runs through a deeply eroded Andean valley, along the eastern base of the Cordillera of the Andes, as far as 5° 36′ southern latitude; from where it makes a great bend to the northeast, and cuts through the jungle Ande in its midcourse, until at the Pongo de Manseriche it flows into the flat Amazon basin.
See Plain of Bagua and Marañón River
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.
Plain
In geography, a plain, commonly known as flatland, is a flat expanse of land that generally does not change much in elevation, and is primarily treeless.
Rain
Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity.
Rupa-Rupa
Rupa-Rupa or High Jungle is one of the eight natural regions of Peru.
See Plain of Bagua and Rupa-Rupa
Suni (geography)
Suni is one of the eight Natural Regions of Peru.
See Plain of Bagua and Suni (geography)
Utcubamba (river)
Utcubamba (hispanicized spelling) or Utkhupampa (Quechua utkhu cotton, pampa a large plain, "cotton plain") is a river in the Amazonas Region of Peru, located at.
See Plain of Bagua and Utcubamba (river)
See also
Landforms of Amazonas Region
Valleys of Peru
- Callejón de Huaylas
- Huancabamba Depression
- Mantaro Valley
- Old Valley of Tacna
- Plain of Bagua
- Sacred Valley
- The East of Ankash