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.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Peru
  • Also known as: Rio Urubamba”, “Río Urubamba”, “Rio Vilcanota”, “Río Vilcanota”, “Vilcamayo River”, “Willkamayu”, and “Willkanuta

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Atalaya.

is a town in the Ucayali Region of . It is the capital of the Province and the Raymondi District. It is located where the and Urubamba Rivers converge to form the .

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
3926435
Wiki­data ID
Q209590
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Satellite Map

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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: Рака Урубамба
  • 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
  • Czech: Vilcanota
  • Dutch: Urubamba
  • Dutch: Vilcanota
  • Dutch: Wilcamayu
  • Esperanto: Rivero Urubambo
  • Esperanto: Urubamba
  • Estonian: Urubamba jõgi
  • French: Rio Urubamba
  • French: río Urubamba
  • French: Río Urubamba
  • Galician: Río Urubamba
  • Georgian: ვილკანოტა
  • Georgian: ურუბამბა
  • German: Rio Urubamba
  • German: Río Urubamba
  • German: Urubamba
  • German: Vilcanota
  • German: Willkamayu
  • 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: Rio Urubamba
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Urubamba-elva
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Urubamba
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Urubambaelva
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Vilcanota
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Wilcamayu
  • Norwegian: Urubamba
  • Occitan (post 1500): Urubamba
  • Occitan (post 1500): Willkamayu
  • Occitan (post 1500): Willkanuta
  • Ossetian: Урубамбæ
  • Ossetian: Урубамба
  • Persian: اوروباما
  • Persian: رود اوروباما
  • Polish: Urubamba
  • Polish: Vilcanota
  • Portuguese: Rio Urubamba
  • Quechua: Urupampa mayu
  • Quechua: Willka Mayu
  • Quechua: Willkamayu
  • Russian: Урубамба
  • Serbian: Urubamba
  • Serbian: Урубамба
  • Spanish: Alto Urubamba
  • Spanish: Rio Urubamba
  • Spanish: río Urubamba
  • Spanish: Río Urubamba
  • Spanish: Rio Vilcanota
  • Spanish: Río Vilcanota
  • Spanish: Urubamba (río)
  • Spanish: Urubamba
  • Swedish: Urubamba
  • Swedish: Vilcanota
  • Turkish: Urubamba Irmağı
  • Turkish: Urubamba Nehri
  • Turkish: Willcamayu
  • Turkish: Willkamayu
  • Ukrainian: Вільканота
  • Ukrainian: Урубамба
  • Venetian: Fiume Urubamba
  • Vietnamese: Sông Urubamba
  • Welsh: Afon Urubamba
  • Western Armenian: Ուրուպամպա գետ

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