The Fortaleza River originates in the

Department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

Ancash Ancash ( qu, Anqash; es, Áncash ) is a department and region in northern Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital i ...

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, in the foothills of the

Cordillera Negra The Cordillera Negra (Spanish for "black range"), Yana Walla in qechua is part of the ''Cordillera Occidental'', one of three mountain ranges in the Andes of west central Peru. It is almost entirely located within the Ancash Region. The range ext ...

. It has a route of just over and a basin of . It presents a highly irregular regime, so much so that in the months of June to October it does not reach the

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. Its waters are intensely used for the cultivation of sugarcane. It crosses the province of Barranca from east to west and reaches the Pacific Ocean through the agroindustrial valley of

Paramonga Paramonga was an important city constructed at the border of the former Kingdom of Chimor in Peru during the late Intermediate Period (AD 1200 to 1400), whose capital was the metropolis of Chan Chan. Paramonga is located on the Fortaleza River, ...

. Its mouth is located just north of the town of

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Rivers of Peru Ancash Region {{Peru-river-stub

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