| Lake Chauya | |
|---|---|
  Lake Chauya | |
| Location | Ucayali Region |
| Coordinates | 8°57′44″S74°14′59″W / 8.96222°S 74.24972°W Coordinates: 8°57′44″S74°14′59″W / 8.96222°S 74.24972°W |
| Basin countries | Peru |
Lake Chauya or Chioa is a lake in the Ucayali Region of Peru. It lies several kilometres east of the flow of the Ucayali River.
The Purus River or Rio Purús is a tributary of the Amazon River in South America. Its drainage basin is 63,166 km2 (24,389 sq mi), and the mean discharge is 8,400 m³/s. The river shares its name with the Alto Purús National Park as well as the Purús Province, one of the four provinces of Peru in the Ucayali Region.
The Ucayali River is the main headstream of the Amazon River. It rises about 110 km (68 mi) north of Lake Titicaca, in the Arequipa region of Peru and becomes the Amazon at the confluence of the Marañón close to Nauta city. The city of Pucallpa is located on the banks of the Ucayali.
Cusco, also spelled Cuzco, is a department in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de Dios and Puno on the east; Arequipa on the south; and Apurímac, Ayacucho and Junín on the west. Its capital is Cusco, the historical capital of the Inca Empire.
Huánuco is a department in central Peru. It is bordered by the La Libertad, San Martín, Loreto and Ucayali regions in the north, the Ucayali Region in the east, the Pasco Region in the south and the Lima and Ancash regions in the west. Its capital is the city Huánuco.
Junín is a region in the central highlands and westernmost Peruvian Amazon. Its capital is Huancayo.
Puno is a department in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusco and Arequipa on the west, Moquegua on the southwest, and Tacna on the south. Its capital is the city of Puno, which is located on Lake Titicaca in the geographical region known as the Altiplano or high sierra.
Ucayali is an inland department of Peru. Located in the Amazon rainforest, its name is derived from the Ucayali River. Its capital is the city of Pucallpa. It is the second largest department in Peru, after Loreto.
Pucallpa is a city in eastern Peru located on the banks of the Ucayali River, a major tributary of the Amazon River. It is the capital of the Ucayali region, the Coronel Portillo Province and the Calleria District.
FAP Captain David Abensur Rengifo International Airport is an airport serving the city of Pucallpa in the Ucayali Region of Peru. It is operated by Aeropuertos del Perú, S.A. Captain Rengifo Airport is the main airport serving the Ucayali Region.
The Puerto Inca Province is the largest of eleven provinces of the Huánuco Region in Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Puerto Inca.
Ubigeo is the coding system for geographical locations in Peru used by the National Statistics and Computing Institute to code the first-level administrative subdivision: regions, the second-level administrative subdivision: provinces and the third-level administrative subdivision: districts.
Amazonic Spanish, also known as Loreto-Ucayali Spanish or Jungle Spanish, is a variety of Spanish spoken in the Amazon, especially in Ecuador, parts of Colombia, Southern Venezuela and the Peruvian provinces of Loreto and Ucayali. Amazonic Spanish is also spoken in areas of Brazil adjoining Loreto and Ucayali and in the Amazonas Department of Colombia.
El Sira Communal Reserve is a protected area in Peru created to preserve the biodiversity of the Sira Mountains and the ancestral sustainable use of the area's resources by the nearby native peoples. It also protects the headwaters of the Pachitea river basin. The reserve covers an area of 616,413 hectares (6,164.13 km2) within the regions of Huánuco, Pasco and Ucayali. The reserve was created in 2001 and in 2010, UNESCO recognized it as part of the Oxapampa-Asháninka-Yánesha Biosphere Reserve.
San Martín de Porres is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Pucallpa, Ucayali, Peru.
Hospital is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Pucallpa, Ucayali.
Universidad Nacional de Ucayali is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Pucallpa, Ucayali, Peru.
Lake Yarinacocha is a lake in Peru located in the Ucayali Region, Coronel Portillo Province, Yarinacocha District. It is situated at a height of about 149 metres (489 ft), about 15.45 km long and 0.82 km at its widest point. Lake Yarinacocha lies west of the Ucayali River and northwest of Pucallpa.
Defensor San Alejandro is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Aguaytía, Padre Abad, Ucayali, Peru.
The first participation of Peru in Miss Universe pageant created great expectations for the following year among the Peruvians, the newspaper La Crónica takes the rights over the MU franchise and the private clubs and associations from different districts, cities and regions of Peru start to choose candidates for Miss Peru Pageant 1953.
The Ucayali moist forests (NT0174) is an ecoregion in the western Amazon rainforest of Peru.
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