Moche River
The Moche River is one of the rivers of the Pacific Ocean slope, located in the northern coast of Peru, in La Libertad Region. On both sides of this river is the millenary Moche Valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary of the Pacific Ocean in Peru
- Also known as: “Río Moche”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buenos Aires and Moche.
Buenos Aires
Suburb
Buenos Aires is a coastal town and resort located in Víctor Larco Herrera district, in Trujillo, Peru. This locality is subdivided into three zones: Buenos Aires South, extending to the border with the Moche district, Buenos Aires Central limiting with Vista Alegre by east and the sector called Buenos Aires North extending up to the limit with Huanchaco. Buenos Aires is situated 3 km northwest of Moche River.
Moche
Town
Photo: Spanchrash, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moche is a Peruvian city, the capital of Moche District in Trujillo Province of La Libertad Region in northern Peru. It is located in the Moche Valley and was the center of development of the ancient Moche or Mochica culture. Moche is situated 3 km east of Moche River.
Trujillo
Trujillo is a city of 790,000 people in Northwestern Peru, very close to the Pacific Coast. Trujillo was founded in 1534 among 4 Chimu settlements to enable the Spanish to ally with them against the Incas.
Moche River
- Categories: watercourse and body of water
- Location: La Libertad, Peru, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Welsh—“Moche River” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “মোচে নদী”
- Catalan: “Riu Moche”
- Cebuano: “Río Moche”
- Chinese: “莫切河”
- French: “Moche”
- French: “Rio Moche”
- French: “Río Moche”
- German: “Río Moche”
- Irish: “Abhainn Moche”
- Japanese: “モチェ川”
- Quechua: “Moche mayu”
- Quechua: “Muchik mayu”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Moche (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Moche”
- Spanish: “Rio Moche”
- Spanish: “Río Moche”
- Venetian: “Fiume Moche”
- Welsh: “Afon Moche”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Playa Acapulco and Puente Moche.
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