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Nazca

American  
[nahs-kah, -kuh] / ˈnɑs kɑ, -kə /
Or Nasca

adjective

  1. of or relating to a pre-Incan culture of SW Peru, dating from c200 b.c., characterized by polychrome pottery and the employment of irrigation techniques in agriculture.


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The Gofar fault is a deep underwater fracture where the Pacific and Nazca tectonic plates slide past one another at roughly 140 millimeters per year, about as fast as fingernails grow.

From Science Daily May 16, 2026

Peru is home to many of the Americas' most significant archaeological discoveries, including the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in the Andes and the mysterious Nazca Lines etched into the desert along the central coast.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2025

The lines and drawings that make up the Nazca Lines are known as _______________.

From NewsForKids.net Mar. 8, 2024

Maussan claims they were found around 2017 in Peru, near the pre-Columbian Nazca Lines.

From Reuters Sep. 16, 2023

An obvious example on the southern coast is the Nazca, famous for the huge patterns they set into the ground.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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