Pacaya River Explained

Pacaya River
Map Size:	300
Pushpin Map Size:	300
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	Peru
Length:	400km (200miles)^[1]
Source1 Coordinates:	-6.3856°N -75.2211°W
Mouth:	Ucayali River
Mouth Location:	Bretaña
Mouth Coordinates:	-5.2489°N -74.3597°W

The Pacaya River is a river in Peru. It is a left-bank tributary of the Ucayali River and part of the Amazon Basin. There is little elevation difference from source to mouth and the seasonally flooded wetland of the Pacaya Basin forms part of the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve. The 400-km long Pacaya flows into the Ucayali at Bretaña.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Ziesler . R. . Ardizzone . G.D. . The Inland waters of Latin America . 1979 . . 92-5-000780-9 . Amazon River System . https://web.archive.org/web/20141108152358/http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/ad770b/AD770B05.htm . 8 November 2014 . live.
2. Web site: Reserva Nacional Pacaya-Samiria . Ramsar Sites Information Service . 5 December 2023.
3. Kirkland . Maire . Sustainable wildlife extraction and the impacts of socio-economic change among the Kukama-Kukamilla people of the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, Peru. . Oryx . 4 September 2018 . 54 . 2 . 10.1017/S0030605317001922 . 5 December 2023. free .