1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
APURIMAC, a river of central Peru, rising in the Laguna de Villafra in the western Cordilleras, 7 m. from Caylloma, a village in the department of Arequipa, and less than 100 m. from the Pacific coast. It flows first north-easterly, then north-westerly past Cuzco to the mouth of the Perene tributary, thence east and north to its junction with the Ucayali at 10° 41' S. lat., and 73° 34' W. long. It is known as the Apurimac only down to the mouth of the Mantaro tributary, 11° 45' S. lat. and 1325 ft. above sea-level.…
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