Lake Rimachi Explained

Lake Rimachi
Image Bathymetry:Lago rimachi y huananga.png
Location:Loreto, Peru
Coords:-4.4167°N -119°W
Pushpin Map:Peru
Inflow:Chapuli River
Outflow:Rimachi River
Basin Countries:Peru
Area:3km2

Lake Rimachi[1] (Lago Rimachi in Spanish) is a lake in northern Peru in the Amazon Rainforest of about 300hectare of extension.[2] It is located on the western banks of Pastaza River, being its main inflow source the Chapuli River, and its main outflow the Rimachi River. The lands around the lake were home to the Murato people, who are now extinct.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Peru 1:100 000, San Fernando (9-j). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
  2. Book: Scott, Derek. A Directory of Neotropical Wetlands. Carbonell. Montserrat. IUCN. 1986. 236.
  3. Book: Olson, James. The Indians of Central and South America: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1991. 9780313263873. 250.