Chururu

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Chururu
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Chururu
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,010 m (16,440 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 10°58′16″S76°36′38″W / 10.97111°S 76.61056°W / -10.97111; -76.61056 Coordinates: 10°58′16″S76°36′38″W / 10.97111°S 76.61056°W / -10.97111; -76.61056  
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes

Chururu (local name for a kind of flamingo ( Phoenicoparrus jamesi , [2] also applied for Phoenicoparrus andinus ) also spelled Chururo) is a 5,010-metre-high (16,440 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Lima Region, Huaura Province, Santa Leonor District. It lies at the Yanama River southwest of Chururuyuq and west of Muruqucha. [3]

Flamingo genus of birds

Flamingos or flamingoes are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, the only bird family in the order Phoenicopteriformes. Four flamingo species are distributed throughout the Americas, including the Caribbean, and two species are native to Africa, Asia, and Europe.

Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

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 republic in South America

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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Chururuyuq mountain in Peru

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Muruqucha mountain in Peru

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Waqra Punta mountain in Peru

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References

  1. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Oyón 1549, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. ↑ Domingo López Jeria, Biodiversidad de Chile, Patrimonio y Desafíos
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaura Province (Lima Region)


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