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  Geography:
The department of Apurimac has a complicated
surface due to the counterforts of the Andean Cordillera. In the middle of this
geographical diversity formed by abysses, valleys, tops, canyones and plateaus, the
department is shaped by deep rivers. Its natural limit is represented by the Apurimac
river with its large canyon, that is why the department is called Apurimac while it is
bounded in the north by the Pampas river. The botton part within these limits is formed by
the watersheds of the Pachachaca and Andahuaylas rivers. The capital of the department is
located in the Pachachaca watershed; and the city of Andahuaylas, the most important city
of the department, is located in Andahuaylas. These rivers arise in the high tops of the
Apurimac and Pampas watersheds and run from north to south in valleys and fissures where
most of the inhabited places are located. The Pampachiri and Quilca plateaus are located
in the highest parts forming one of the highest and most desolated regions of the Peruvian
territory.
The most remarkable characteristic of this department is
the Valley of the Apurimac river, one of the deepest depressions of the american
continent. This unevenness explains its variety of climates which range from tropical
weathers in the deepness of the valley to the temperate ones in the high plateaus where
indigenous cattle takes.
Most of the territory in the Apurimac department is located
in the Quechua region, that means, between an altitude of 2,500 and 3,500 meters above sea
level.
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