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Urubamba River |
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Urubamba RiverRiver, central Peru. Part of the Amazon River drainage system, it rises in the Andes Mountains and flows northwest for about 450 mi (725 km) to its junction with the Apurímac River, the two then forming the Ucayali River. In the Gorge of Torontoy, the river plunges from about 11,000 ft (3,400 m) above sea level to about 8,000 ft (2,400 m) in 20 mi (32 km). |
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It begins at 8,000 feet in the gorge of the Urubamba River and climbs rapidly upward out the moist forest into open grasslands at 13,500 feet at the first pass. The Vista Peru claims in the Urubamba river valley are ideal source terrains for gold, zirconium and rare earth deposits. Vista currently controls placer mining concessions in Peru along the Urubamba River. |
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