Ch'ura

Ch'ura
Ch'ura
	Ch'ura Peru
Highest point
Elevation	5,084 m (16,680 ft) [1]
Coordinates	10°40′08″S77°04′51″W / 10.66889°S 77.08083°W Coordinates: 10°40′08″S77°04′51″W / 10.66889°S 77.08083°W
Geography
Location	Peru, Lima Region
Parent range	Andes

Last updated March 18, 2019

Ch'ura (Quechua for a swamp with natural springs,^[2] Hispanicized name Churas) is a 5,084-metre-high (16,680 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, Gorgor District, and in the Huaura Province, Ambar District. Ch'ura lies northwest of Wanki and northeast of Waqra Punta at the end of the Phiru Uya valley.^[1]^[3]

A swamp is a wetland that is forested. Many swamps occur along large rivers where they are critically dependent upon natural water level fluctuations. Other swamps occur on the shores of large lakes. Some swamps have hammocks, or dry-land protrusions, covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodic inundation or soil saturation. The two main types of swamp are "true" or swamp forests and "transitional" or shrub swamps. In the boreal regions of Canada, the word swamp is colloquially used for what is more correctly termed a bog, fen, or muskeg. The water of a swamp may be fresh water, brackish water or seawater. Some of the world's largest swamps are found along major rivers such as the Amazon, the Mississippi, and the Congo.

The Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. This range is about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, about 200 to 700 km wide, and of an average height of about 4,000 m (13,000 ft). The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

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 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 vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.

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References

1 2 "Cerro Churas". IGN, Peru. Retrieved March 8, 2015. ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Cajatambo Province (Lima Region)

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[ign-1] 1 2 "Cerro Churas". IGN, Peru. Retrieved March 8, 2015. ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[2] Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)

[escale-3] scale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Cajatambo Province (Lima Region)

Ch'ura
Ch'ura Peru
Highest point
Elevation	5,084 m (16,680 ft) ^[1]
Coordinates	10°40′08″S77°04′51″W / 10.66889°S 77.08083°W / -10.66889; -77.08083 Coordinates: 10°40′08″S77°04′51″W / 10.66889°S 77.08083°W / -10.66889; -77.08083
Geography
Location	Peru, Lima Region
Parent range	Andes