Itaya River

The Itaya River is a tributary of the Amazon River via the Nanay River in northern Peru. The Itaya flows alongside the city of Iquitos and the district of Belén.

Itaya River
Río Itaya
A view of the Itaya River from the city of Iquitos
Location
CountryPeru
CityIquitos
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • coordinates
3°42′0″S 73°15′0″W
Length213 km (132 mi)
Basin size2,668 km2 (1,030 sq mi) 2,530 km2 (980 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • locationIquitos (near mouth)
 • average153.27 m3/s (5,413 cu ft/s) 108 m3/s (3,800 cu ft/s)[2]
Basin features
River systemAmazon Basin

In Iquitos, a riverwalk and breakwater called Malecón Tarapacá overlooks the Itaya.[3] To the north of Malecón Tarapacá is Malecón Maldonado.[3]

The Itaya River is the namesake of the fan palm genus Itaya, which was first discovered on the river's bank.[4]

The 2012 floods of the Amazon, Itaya, and Nanay Rivers left approximately 80,000 people homeless.[5] In April 2015, 11 hours of steady rain swelled the Itaya again, causing the Iquitos–Nauta highway to collapse at four points: kilometres 22, 22.2, 23, and 26.[6]

The Itaya River from vantages around Iquitos

See also

References
  1. "Oficina Nacional de Evaluación de Recursos Naturales (ONERN)". 1980.
  2. "Oficina Nacional de Evaluación de Recursos Naturales (ONERN)". 1980.
  3. "Malecón Tarapacá". MINCETUR. San Isidro: Ministry of Foreign Commerce and Tourism (Peru). Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  4. Piptocarpha (Compositae: Vernonieae). Flora Neotropica. New York: New York Botanical Garden Press. 2007. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-89327-482-5. OCLC 77504368.
  5. "Inundaciones afectan a unos 80 mil pobladores" [Flooding affects some 80,000 poor]. Perú.21 (in Spanish). 7 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-07-31. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  6. "Loreto: Colapsó la carretera Iquitos-Nauta por crecida del río Itaya" [Loreto: Iquitos-Nauta highway collapsed by swelling of the Itaya River]. Perú.21 (in Spanish). 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-07.


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