Caplina River
The Caplina River is a river in southern Peru. It runs through the city Tacna, after which it gets dry due to filtration, evaporation and extractive use of the water.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Peru
- Also known as: “Caplina mayu”, “reka Caplina”, “Rio Caplina”, and “Río Captina”
Caplina River
- Categories: watercourse and body of water
- Location: Tacna, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-18.23333° or 18° 14′ south
Longitude
-70.55° or 70° 33′ west
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
57HFQF82+M2
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Caplina River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Riu Caplina”
- Chinese: “卡普利納河”
- French: “Caplina”
- German: “Río Caplina”
- Irish: “Abhainn Caplina”
- Japanese: “カプリナ川”
- Quechua: “Kaplina mayu”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Caplina (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Caplina”
- Slovenian: “Caplina”
- Spanish: “Río Caplina”
- Uzbek: “Caplina daryosi”
- Welsh: “Afon Caplina”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Chusqui and El Chasqui.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Playa Chasqui and Cerros La Yarada.
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Worth a closer look: Lima and Machu Picchu.
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