| Lake Rimachi | |
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  Lake Rimachi | |
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| Location | Loreto, Peru |
| Coordinates | 4°25′S 76°43′W / 4.417°S 76.717°W |
| Primary inflows | Chapuli River |
| Primary outflows | Rimachi River |
| Basin countries | Peru |
| Surface area | 3 km2 (1.2 sq mi) |
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]
- ^ a b c Peru 1:100 000, San Fernando (9-j). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
- ^ a b Scott, Derek; Carbonell, Montserrat (1986). A Directory of Neotropical Wetlands. IUCN. p. 236.
- ^ Olson, James (1991). The Indians of Central and South America: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 250. ISBN 9780313263873.