The Urubamba River or Vilcamayo River (possibly from Quechua Willkamayu, for "sacred river") is a river in Peru. Upstream it is called Vilcanota River (possibly...
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Sacred Valley (redirect from Urubamba Valley)
(Spanish: Valle Sagrado de los Incas; Quechua: Willka Qhichwa), or the Urubamba Valley, is a valley in the Andes of Peru, north of the Inca capital of...
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Machupicchu District within Urubamba Province above the Sacred Valley, which is 80 kilometers (50 mi) northwest of Cusco. The Urubamba River flows past it, cutting...
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Bolivian business partner Antonio Vaca Díez, drowned in an accident on the Urubamba River. Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald López was born as Isaías Fermín Fitzgerald...
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Urubamba (possibly from in the Quechua spelling Urupampa, flat land of spiders) is a small town in Peru, located near the Urubamba River under the snow-capped...
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form the Tambo, which joins the Urubamba River to form the Ucayali. After the confluence of Apurímac and Ucayali, the river leaves Andean terrain and is...
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Ucayali with the Amazon. The "Napo" then succeeded in ascending the Urubamba River 56 km (35 mi) upstream from its junction with the Tambo, to a point...
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the eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes and along both banks of the Urubamba River, which flows northwest in this section. This unique protected area encompasses...
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arrieros transporting coffee and coca leaves followed the course of the Urubamba River. With this in mind, the Lizárraga brothers decided to strategically...
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('gate' in Quechua) is a water gap (canyon) of the Urubamba River in Peru. Inside the water gap, the river is constricted to a width of 45 metres (50 yd)...
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54,672 inhabitants. One important feature in this town, is the Urubamba river. This river is born here and it follows through an outstanding route to the...
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Urubamba Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. The province is bounded to the north by the La Convención...
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bridge that connected important rubber trade routes of the Urubamba River and the Madre de Dios River in Peru. Carlos Fermin Fitzcarrald came across the land...
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situated in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province. It is the seat of Machupicchu District. Machupicchu lies at the Vilcanota River. It is the closest access...
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Vilcabamba or Espiritu Pampa is located near the Chontabamba River, a tributary of the Urubamba River. The Inca capital has often been referred to as Vilcabamba...
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Pikchu, is a mountain in Peru around which the Urubamba River bends. It is located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District. It rises over...
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town, down a canyon that descends to the Rio Vilcanota (as the upper Urubamba River is known) and the Sacred Valley of the Incas. There are over 5,000 salt...
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160 ft) above sea level in the district of Ollantaytambo, province of Urubamba, Cusco region. During the Inca Empire, Ollantaytambo was the royal estate...
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female Peruvian torrent duck on the Urubamba River, Peru Male Peruvian torrent duck on the rocky banks of the Urubamba River, Peru Male (top) and female Peruvian...
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and Ucayali Departments, they live along the Urubamba River. They live along the Madre de Dios River in the Madre de Dios Department. Besides Yine,...
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The Yavero River is a river in Peru. It is a right-bank tributary of the Urubamba River which is part of the Amazon Basin. Ziesler, R.; Ardizzone, G.D...
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Urubamba (possibly from Quechua for "spider's plain") may refer to: Urubamba Province, Peru Urubamba District Urubamba, Peru Urubamba River, in Peru Urubamba...
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to be found in Machu Picchu." Inti, the ancient Incan sun god Kusichaka River Machu Q'inti Pakaymayu Phutuq K'usi Wayna Pikchu Wayna Q'inti Sallqantay...
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a large flow. Peru's longest rivers are the Ucayali, the Marañón, the Putumayo, the Yavarí, the Huallaga, the Urubamba, the Mantaro, and the Amazon....
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merging with the Urubamba River at the town of Atalaya, it becomes the Ucayali River. The Tambo is part of the headwaters of the Amazon River whose origin...
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Kiteni in the Cusco Region of Peru. The runway sits on a ledge above the Urubamba River with dropoffs on both sides. There is high terrain in all quadrants...
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round-shaped mountain located on the opposite side (northeast) of the Urubamba River to Machu Picchu in the Cusco Region of Peru. Reaching approximately...
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mary, Lower Jupura. Puri, maky, Rio Paraiba. Wauja, mainki, Upper Xingu River. Arawak is the largest family in the Americas with the respect to number...
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two points: 88 km (55 miles) or 82 km (51 miles) from Cusco on the Urubamba River at approximately 2,800 metres (9,200 ft) or 2,600 metres (8,500 ft)...
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Pachar, near the confluence of the Anta and Urubamba rivers. Behind it, the Incas channeled the Urubamba to make it cross the valley from right to left...
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