Urubamba River

The Urubamba River or Vilcamayo River is a river in . Upstream it is called Vilcanota River. Within the La Convención Province, the name changes to Urubamba.
  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Peru
  • Also known as: “Alto Urubamba”, “río de Yucay”, “Rio Vilcanota”, “Río Vilcanota”, “Rivero Urubambo”, “Urubamba (río)”, “Urubamba Irmağı”, “Urubamba-elva”, “Urubambaelva”, “Urupampa mayu”, “Vilcamayo River”, “Vilcanota”, “Wilcamayu”, “Willcamayu”, “Willka Mayu”, “Willkanuta”, “Вільканота”, and “ვილკანოტა”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Atalaya.

is a town in the Ucayali Region of .

Urubamba River

Latitude
-10.69639° or 10° 41′ 47″ south
Longitude
-73.74806° or 73° 44′ 53″ west
Elevation
217 metres (712 feet)
Open location code
57X88732+CQ
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Urubamba River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر أوروبامبا”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Urubamba”
  • Belarusian: “Урубамба”
  • Bosnian: “Urubamba”
  • Bulgarian: “Урубамба”
  • Catalan: “Urubamba”
  • Cebuano: “Río Urubamba”
  • Chinese: “乌鲁班巴河”
  • Chinese: “烏魯班巴河”
  • Chuvash: “Урубамба”
  • Croatian: “Urubamba”
  • Czech: “Urubamba”
  • Dutch: “Urubamba”
  • Esperanto: “Urubamba”
  • Estonian: “Urubamba jõgi”
  • French: “río Urubamba”
  • French: “Río Urubamba”
  • Galician: “Río Urubamba”
  • Georgian: “ურუბამბა”
  • German: “Urubamba”
  • Hebrew: “אורובמבה”
  • Hungarian: “Urubamba”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Urubamba”
  • Italian: “Urubamba”
  • Japanese: “ウルバンバ川”
  • Latvian: “Urubamba”
  • Lithuanian: “Urubamba”
  • Mingrelian: “ურუბამბა (წყარმალუ)”
  • Mingrelian: “ურუბამბა”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Urubamba”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Urubamba”
  • Norwegian: “Urubamba”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Urubamba”
  • Ossetian: “Урубамбæ”
  • Ossetian: “Урубамба”
  • Persian: “اوروباما”
  • Persian: “رود اوروباما”
  • Polish: “Urubamba”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Urubamba”
  • Quechua: “Willkamayu”
  • Russian: “Урубамба”
  • Serbian: “Urubamba”
  • Serbian: “Урубамба”
  • Spanish: “río Urubamba”
  • Spanish: “Río Urubamba”
  • Swedish: “Urubamba”
  • Turkish: “Urubamba Nehri”
  • Ukrainian: “Урубамба”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Urubamba”
  • Vietnamese: “Sông Urubamba”
  • Welsh: “Afon Urubamba”
  • Western Armenian: “Ուրուպամպա գետ”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Libertad Chicosillo and Angela Arellano.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Tambo River and Lieutenant General Gerardo Pérez Pinedo Airport.

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