Rimachi_Lake

Lake Rimachi

Lake Rimachi

Lake in Loreto, Peru

Lake Rimachi[1] (Lago Rimachi in Spanish) is a lake in northern Peru in the Amazon Rainforest of about 300 hectares (1 sq mi) of extension.[1][2] It is located on the western banks of Pastaza River,[2] being its main inflow source the Chapuli River, and its main outflow the Rimachi River.[1] The lands around the lake were home to the Murato people, who are now extinct.[3]

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  1. [1]
    Peru 1:100 000, San Fernando (9-j). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
  2. [2]
    Scott, Derek; Carbonell, Montserrat (1986). A Directory of Neotropical Wetlands. IUCN. p. 236.
  3. [3]
    Olson, James (1991). The Indians of Central and South America: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 250. ISBN 9780313263873.


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