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The Vilcanota River (Urubamba River)Location: Rediscover Machu Picchu > The Sacred Valley > The Vilcanota River (Urubamba River) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Sacred River...
The Vilcanota River is generally called Urubamba River or Rio Urubamba in Spanish. It flows across the famous Sacred Valley of the Incas and in the north of the country it meets with the Apurímac and Ucayali Rivers, together with them it forms the mighty Amazon. Most maps will call it River Urubamba, the name is identical with the valley's name through which it flows.
The word "vilca" or "huilca", sometimes written "wilca" means "sacred".
It is called Vilcanota in the area where it comes above the ground (near the Puno Region's border).
The section in the Sacred Valley (exactly between Písac and Ollantaytambo) is called Wilcamayu or Huilcamayo (meaning "Sacred River").
It is called Urubamba in northern Peru, where it is partially navigable. Though, most maps will call it Urubamba from the beginning to its end.
Despite all these rational explanations, the river still gets called Vilcanota, even by specialists...
It is important to mention that the Vilcanota flows in the Urubamba Valley, not the Vilcabamba Valley (which is further south, another valley where the Vilcabamba River flows).
Confusions between words including Urubamba, Vilcanota, Vilcabamba, Wilcamayu, Sacred are numerous... |
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