Lake Rimachi

Lake Rimachi
Location Loreto, Peru
Coordinates 4°25′S 76°43′W / 4.417°S 76.717°W / -4.417; -76.717Coordinates: 4°25′S 76°43′W / 4.417°S 76.717°W / -4.417; -76.717
Primary inflows Chapuli River
Primary outflows Rimachi River
Basin countries Peru
Surface area 3 km2 (1.2 sq mi)

Lake Rimachi[1] (Lago Rimachi in Spanish) is a lake in northern Peru in the Amazon Rainforest of about 300 hectares (1 sq mi) of extension.[1][2] It is located on the western banks of Pastaza River,[2] being its main inflow source the Chapuli River, and its main outflow the Rimachi River.[1] The lands around the lake were home to the Murato people, who are now extinct.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Peru 1:100 000, San Fernando (9-j). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
  2. 1 2 Scott, Derek; Carbonell, Montserrat (1986). A Directory of Neotropical Wetlands. IUCN. p. 236.
  3. ↑ Olson, James (1991). The Indians of Central and South America: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 250. ISBN 9780313263873.


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