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The Urubamba River (Río Urubamba) is a river in Peru. A partially navigable
headwater of the Amazon River, it rises in the Andes to the south-east of Cuzco
near the Puno Region border, where it is called the Vilcanota River (Rio
Vilcanota). In the Sacred Valley, between Písac and Ollantaytambo, it is also
called the Wilcamayu (sacred river). It flows north-north-west for 724
kilometers before coalescing with the lower Apurímac River to form the Ucayali
River.
The Urubamba is divided into Upper Urubamba and Lower Urubamba, the dividing
feature being the Pongo de Mainique, an infamous whitewater canyon.
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