🏞️ Huancabamba Depression

Peru · Americas · 5.83°S, 79.50°W

The Huancabamba Depression is an east–west depression through the Andes Mountains of northern Peru. The Huancabamba Depression interrupts the Central and Eastern Cordilleras of the Andes, and the Marañón River and its tributaries drain eastward through the depression into the Amazon basin. The Western Cordillera has its lowest point, 2,145 meters (7,037 ft), at the Paso de Porculla.

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Country	Peru
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	5.83°S, 79.50°W · view on map

Huancabamba Depression is located in Peru, in Americas.

More water gaps in Peru

Abra de Porculla.

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