Atco, Caravelí, and Ocoña River Basins
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The Atco district is one of the thirteen districts of the province of Caravelí, located in the
Arequipa department, under the administration of the regional government of Arequipa, in the
southern Peru.
General Characteristics
The Atco Basin has an area of 1,393.00 km2, according to the 'Delimitation Study and
Codification of the Hydrographic Units of Peru
033-2008-AG.
Below are some of the general characteristics:
Location of the Basin:
Political Location: It includes the following political scopelithic
Administration:Understand the
next administrative area:
Main Features
Geomorphological:
CARAVELI RIVER
Geographical location
Caravelí is one of the 13 districts of the province of the same name. The capital of the district is
the city of Caravelí, located on the right bank of the Caravelí River, at 15º45'47" South latitude
at 73º21’20” West longitude, at an average altitude of 1,779 meters above sea level, in the altitudinal region:
Chala, Yunga, Quechua and Suni; with a marine coast and at a distance of 382 km, to the north of the
Arequipa Region.
The district capital is 77 km away (from Atco to Caravelí) from the Panamericana Sur at kilometer
702. According to studies carried out by the Departmental Office of Budget and
Planning and the Territory Conditioning Office of CORDEAREQUIPA (1986), the
the district has an area of 1,995.7 km².
Illustration 1: Geographic location of Caraveli
Hydrographer
The hydrographic system belongs to the Pacific Basin. The course of the river is irregular.
flows into the sea through avenues, crossing the fishing village. This system
it is fed by springs that flow into the gorges of Chuñuño, Macha and
Chuicane, coming from the subsoil that give rise to these streams and serve as a source of supply.
To the valley. 10 km from the district of Caravelí are the thermal baths of Chuicane at 27 ºC,
weakly chlorinated and sulfurous, still unexplored.
Illustration 2: Fishermen's Basin - Caraveli
BASIN PARAMETERS
Area:
The area of the basin is 1932 km2.
Perimeter:
It has a perimeter of 140 km.
Length of the Main Channel:
The Caraveli River basin has a maximum length of flow from its source.
up to its mouth of 140 km.
Flow:
The average annual flow of the river is 0.8 m3/s, which is equivalent to an average annual volume of
25,228,800 m3
Illustration 3: Longitudinal profile Caraveli Basin
Ocoña River
Location
The Ocoña River basin belongs to the Pacific slope (its waters drain into the ocean.
Pacifico) and is located in the southern part of Peru. Geographically, it is situated between the
meridians 72º20' and 74º00' West longitude, and between the parallels 14º15 and 16º30' latitude
It is politically located within the departments of Arequipa (provinces.
from La Unión, Caraveli, Condesuyos and Camaná), Ayacucho (provinces of Parinacochas and Paucar
of Sara Sara) and Apurímac (provinces of Aymares).
Geographic location
Estuary Pacific Ocean
Coordinates 16°27′7″ S, 73°6′43″ W
Illustration 2: Ocoña River
Characteristics of the basin
The Ocoña River basin is located in the southern part of Peru and belongs to the basins of the
Pacific slope. It is bordered to the Northwest by the basins of Acarí and Yauca, and towards the
To the East is the Camaná River basin. It has a total area of 15,998.12 km2. It is characterized
mainly due to having a rather varied relief, between 0 to 1000 m above sea level has a
relief is quite flat (Ocoña Valley area), and by a very rugged relief
mainly above 2500 m.a.s.l. In this basin we can find the Canyon
of Cotahuasi, which reaches a depth of 3,354 meters, being one of the deepest
from Peru. The main agricultural activity of the basin is found in the Valley area.
Ocoña, covering an area of 3,540 hectares cultivated with the waters of the Ocoña river.
Illustration 2: Delimitation of the Ocoña basin
Hydrographer
The Ocoña basin encompasses 3 well-defined sub-basins within the department of
Ayacucho the Marán sub-basin, and in the department of Arequipa the Cotahuasi sub-basin,
Arma sub-basin and Ocoña sub-basin.
The Cotahuasi sub-basin encompasses the districts of Alca, Charcana, Cotahuasi, and Huaynacotas.
Pampamarca, Puyca, Quechualla, Sayla, Tauria, Tomepamapa, and Toro of the province La Unión;
with an irrigated area of 5706 hectares with 6833 users, representing 93.83% of the area
total agricultural area, irrigated by gravity; the area without irrigation is 375 hectares.
The Arma sub-basin is located in the province of Condesuyos, with an irrigated area.
of 5706 has with 6833 users, representing 93.83% of the total agricultural area, irrigated by
gravity; the area without irrigation is 375 hectares.
The Ocoña Sub-basin: It is located in the provinces of Camaná, Condesuyos, and Caravelí;
from the department of Arequipa and part of the department of Ayacucho.
Illustration 3: Ocoña Basin
For the Ocoña River basin, based on the longitudinal profile of the basin we have
It was found that the average slope of the basin is 1.64%. Next, we present the
main geomorphological parameters for the Ocoña River basin.
Illustration 4: Longitudinal profile Ocoña Basin
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