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River in Iquitos, Peru
Itaya River
Río Itaya
Evening sun reflects in the water of the Itaya River. The water is alive with islands of trees and other green vegetation. A rowboat and a painted shack are mirrored in the water; around them lumber is scattered haphazardly on the water's surface. The opposite bank of the river is on the horizon, verdant and thick with trees.A view of the Itaya River from the city of Iquitos
Location
CountryPeru
CityIquitos
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • coordinates3°42′0″S 73°15′0″W / 3.70000°S 73.25000°W / -3.70000; -73.25000
Length213 km (132 mi)
Basin size2,668 km (1,030 sq mi) 2,530 km (980 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationIquitos (near mouth)
 • average153.27 m/s (5,413 cu ft/s) 108 m/s (3,800 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River systemAmazon Basin

The Itaya River is a tributary of the Amazon River via the Nanay River in northern Peru. The Itaya flows alongside the city of Iquitos and the district of Belén.

In Iquitos, a riverwalk and breakwater called Malecón Tarapacá overlooks the Itaya. To the north of Malecón Tarapacá is Malecón Maldonado.

The Itaya River is the namesake of the fan palm genus Itaya, which was first discovered on the river's bank.

The 2012 floods of the Amazon, Itaya, and Nanay Rivers, amid the heaviest rains the region had endured in 40 years, left approximately 80,000 people homeless. In April 2015, 11 hours of steady rain swelled the Itaya again, causing the Iquitos–Nauta highway to collapse at four points: kilometres 22, 22.2, 23, and 26.

Children play football on a dirt pitch near tin-roofed houses on the bank of the Itaya River.The Itaya River from vantages around Iquitos

See also

References

  1. "Oficina Nacional de Evaluación de Recursos Naturales (ONERN)". 1980.
  2. "Oficina Nacional de Evaluación de Recursos Naturales (ONERN)". 1980.
  3. ^ "Malecón Tarapacá". MINCETUR. San Isidro: Ministry of Foreign Commerce and Tourism (Peru). Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  4. Piptocarpha (Compositae: Vernonieae). Flora Neotropica. New York: New York Botanical Garden Press. 2007. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-89327-482-5. OCLC 77504368.
  5. "Inundaciones afectan a unos 80 mil pobladores" [Flooding affects some 80,000 poor]. Perú.21 (in Spanish). 7 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-07-31. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  6. "Loreto: Colapsó la carretera Iquitos-Nauta por crecida del río Itaya" [Loreto: Iquitos-Nauta highway collapsed by swelling of the Itaya River]. Perú.21 (in Spanish). 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-07.

External links

3°42′45″S 73°13′57″W / 3.7125°S 73.2324°W / -3.7125; -73.2324


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