Apurímac

[ ah-poo-ree-mahk ]

noun
  1. a river flowing NW from S Peru to the Ucayali River. about 550 miles (885 km) long.

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How to use Apurímac in a sentence

  • It was a memorable incident in my travelling experiences, the crossing of this great swinging bridge of the Apurimac.

  • They trudged around and then suddenly found themselves at the bank of the roaring Apurimac River.

    Secrets of the Andes | James H. Foster
  • “I believe we are getting close to Pasaje now,” announced the old man, as he led the way around the winding Apurimac River.

    Secrets of the Andes | James H. Foster
  • Instead of being the Apurimac Basin, what we saw was another unexplored region which drained into the Urubamba!

    Inca Land | Hiram Bingham
  • Some, like the Apurimac and the Maraon, extend well into the interior of the Cordillera.

British Dictionary definitions for Apurimac

Apurimac

/ (ˌæpuːˈriːmæk) /


noun
  1. a river in S Peru, rising in the Andes and flowing northwest into the Urubamba River. Length: about 885 km (550 miles)

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