Pacaya River

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Pacaya River
Native nameRío Pacaya (Spanish)
Location
Country Peru
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates 6°23′08″S75°13′16″W / 6.3856°S 75.2211°W / -6.3856; -75.2211 [1]
Mouth Ucayali River
  location
Bretaña
  coordinates
5°14′56″S74°21′35″W / 5.2489°S 74.3597°W / -5.2489; -74.3597
Length400 km (250 mi) [1]

The Pacaya River is a river in Peru. It is a left-bank tributary of the Ucayali River and part of the Amazon Basin. There is little elevation difference from source to mouth and the seasonally flooded wetland of the Pacaya Basin forms part of the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve. [2] [3]

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References

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