Utcubamba river

The Utcubamba El Tingo

The Río Utcubamba rises above Leymebamba, about 90 km from Chachapoyas in the Northern Peruvian Andes.

For Beschiffen it is too small, but it drives several hydroelectric plants that provide, inter alia, Chachapoyas with electricity. The Utcubamba Valley is used by the possibilities of irrigation and the subtropical climate very intensively for agriculture, mainly for the production of yuca, corn, rice, sugar cane and bananas.

The name comes from the local Quechua Utcubamba. The Utcubambatal was in use until a few years ago with intensive cotton. Utku means " cotton ", Pampas is a " level ", Utkupampa is the plane that is grown on the cotton.

The Utcubamba flows through the provinces Luya, Bongará, Chachapoyas and flows near Bagua in the Marañón, which eventually flows into the Amazon.

Tributaries of the Utcubamba are Sonche, Río Magunchal and Río Chiliquin.

Discovery

The Utcubamba was not always so, here is the story behind it and the summary of his discovery: