Poechos Reservoir
Poechos Reservoir is a middle-sized reservoir on Peru's Chira River in the border area between Peru and Ecuador. Its purpose is to improve the accumulation of water stocks in the upper part of Peru's Chira basin by flood control, irrigation, drainage and electricity generation.
Alfredobi, Public domain.- Reservoir
- …has a surface elevation of around 110 metres (350 feet)
- Description: lake in Peru
- Also known as“Embalse Poechos”“Reservorio Poechos”
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
-4.65448° or 4° 39′ 16″ south
Longitude
-80.49852° or 80° 29′ 55″ west
Open location code
667X8GW2+6H
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From German to Spanish—“Poechos Reservoir” goes by many names.
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