Chira River
The Chira River or Rio Chira is a river in northern Peru whose mouth is 100 km north west of the provincial capital of Piura and 25 km north of the port of Paita.
Photo: Alfredobi, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Peru
- Also known as: “Catamayo”, “Curumuy”, “El Río Chira”, “La Chira”, “Rio Chira”, and “Рио Чира”
Chira River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Peru, South America
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Latitude
-4.90685° or 4° 54′ 25″ south
Longitude
-81.13562° or 81° 8′ 8″ west
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
667W3VV7+7Q
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Chira River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Chira”
- Belarusian: “Чыра”
- Cebuano: “Río Chira”
- Chinese: “奇拉河”
- Croatian: “Chira (rijeka)”
- Croatian: “Chira”
- Czech: “Chira”
- Dutch: “Chira River”
- French: “río Chira”
- French: “Río Chira”
- German: “Río Chira”
- Irish: “Abhainn Chira”
- Italian: “Chira”
- Lithuanian: “Čira”
- Quechua: “Chira mayu”
- Russian: “Чира”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Chira (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Chira”
- Spanish: “Río Chira”
- Swedish: “Río Chira”
- Welsh: “Afon Chira”
- “Chira”
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Highlights: Playa Bocana Vieja and Cerro Campana.
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