Chiri Yaku

Chiri Yaku
Chiri Yaku
Location	Peru, Junín Region, Chanchamayo Province, Vitoc District
Total height	20 m (66 ft)

Last updated March 19, 2019

Chiri Yaku (Quechua chiri cold, yaku water,^[1] "cold water", also spelled Chiriyacu) is a waterfall in the Junín Region of Peru. It is located in the Chanchamayo Province, Vitoc District, at a height of 1,033 m (3,389 ft). Chiri Yaku is approximately 20 m (66 ft) high.^[2]

A waterfall is an area where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops in the course of a stream or river. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf.

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

↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
↑ "Catarata Chiriyacu". mincetur. Retrieved May 27, 2016.

Coordinates: 11°10′57″S75°18′40″W / 11.1824°S 75.3110°W / -11.1824; -75.3110

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[laime-1] Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)

[mincetur-2] "Catarata Chiriyacu". mincetur. Retrieved May 27, 2016.