Pacaya River

The Pacaya River is a river in . It is a left-bank tributary of the and forms 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.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: tributary of the Ucayali River in Peru
  • Also known as: Rio Pacaya” and “Río Pacaya

Pacaya River

Latitude
-5.26778° or 5° 16′ 4″ south
Longitude
-74.35493° or 74° 21′ 18″ west
Elevation
101 metres (331 feet)
Open location code
6767PJJW+V2
Geo­Names ID
3694169
Wiki­data ID
Q35409191
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Pacaya River” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Río Pacaya
  • German: Río Pacaya
  • Irish: Abhainn Pacaya
  • Lithuanian: Pakaja (upė)
  • Lithuanian: Pakaja
  • Spanish: Río Pacaya
  • Uzbek: Pacaya daryosi
  • Welsh: Afon Pacaya

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