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Rímac River

river, South America

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drainage in Central Andes

In Andes Mountains: Physiography of the Central Andes
…west slope of which the Rímac River rises in a cluster of lakes fed by glaciers and descends rapidly to the ocean (15,700 feet in 60 miles). Ticlio Pass, at an altitude of some 15,800 feet, is used by a railway. Many small lakes and ponds are found on the…
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settlement of Lima

In Lima: The city site
…a bridgeable point on the Rímac River. Disgorging precipitously from the high Andes, the Rímac has formed a flat-topped alluvial cone, on which the early Spanish colonists established their settlement. Since almost the entire coastal plain in central Peru consists of unconsolidated fluvioglacial deposits, cliff erosion and earthquakes are continual…
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