Tomebamba River
The Tomebamba River is a river of Ecuador. It runs through the city of Cuenca and merges with the Machángara River forming the Matadero River in the basin of the Amazon River and the Atlantic Ocean.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Ecuador
- Also known as: “Matadero River” and “Rio Matadero”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Iglesia San Sebastián and Santo Cenáculo Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cuenca and Sinincay.
Sinincay
Village
Sinincay is a town and parish in Cuenca Canton, Azuay Province, Ecuador. Sinincay is situated 3½ km north of Tomebamba River.
Ricaurte
Village
Ricaurte is a town and parish in Cuenca Canton, Azuay Province, Ecuador. Ricaurte is situated 7 km northeast of Tomebamba River.
Tomebamba River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Azuay, Ecuador, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-2.89263° or 2° 53′ 34″ south
Longitude
-79.02132° or 79° 1′ 17″ west
Elevation
2,566 metres (8,419 feet)
Open location code
67924X4H+WF
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Tomebamba River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر تومي بامبا”
- Asturian: “Ríu Tomebamba”
- Catalan: “riu Tomebamba”
- Cebuano: “Río Matadero”
- Dutch: “Tomebamba”
- French: “Río Tomebamba”
- German: “Río Tomebamba”
- Irish: “Abhainn Tomebamba”
- Japanese: “トメバンバ川”
- Korean: “토메밤바”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Río Tomebamba”
- Portuguese: “Rio Tomebamba”
- Quechua: “Tumipampa mayu”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tomebamba (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tomebamba”
- Spanish: “Río Tomebamba”
- Swedish: “Río Matadero”
- Uzbek: “Tomebamba daryosi”
- Venetian: “Fiume Tomebamba”
- Welsh: “Afon Tomebamba”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Culqui and Hacienda Lazareto.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Coliseo Jefferson Perez and Museo de Arte Moderno.
Ecuador: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Quito and Guayaquil.
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