Pacaya River

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The Pacaya River is a river in Peru. It is a left-bank tributary of the Ucayali River and forms 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]

Native nameRío Pacaya (Spanish)
CountryPeru
coordinates6.3856°S 75.2211°W / -6.3856; -75.2211[1]
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Pacaya River
Native nameRío Pacaya (Spanish)
Location
CountryPeru
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates6.3856°S 75.2211°W / -6.3856; -75.2211[1]
MouthUcayali River
  location
Bretaña
  coordinates
5.2489°S 74.3597°W / -5.2489; -74.3597
Length400 km (250 mi)[1]
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