Kachimayu ( Quechua ''kachi'' salt, ''mayu'' river, "salt river", Hispanicized spelling ''Cachimayo'') is a river in Peru located in the

Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de D ...

, Anta Province. Its belongs to the Willkanuta watershed. Kachimayu originates in the mountains near

Cusco Cusco, often spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu ()), is a city in Southeastern Peru near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region and of the Cusco Province. The city is the list of cities in Peru, seventh m ...

. It flows through the districts Cachimayo, Pucyura and

Anta Anta may refer to: Biology * Fava d'anta, a tree found in Brazil * South American tapir, known in Portuguese as '' * ''Phytelephas seemannii'', known in Quechua and Choco as '' Places * Anta Department, in Salta Province, Argentina * Anta, a ci ...

, along the border of the

Zurite District Zurite District is one of nine districts of the province Anta in Peru. Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (61.82%) learnt to ...

and through the

Huarocondo District Huarocondo District is one of nine districts of the province Anta in Peru. Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.81%) learn ...

. Its direction is mainly to the west as it flows through the plain ''(pampa)'' of Anta. One of its main tributaries is Pitumayu ''(Pitumayo)'' which comes from the Zurite District in the east.inkaterra.com
Map of the area Now the river turns to the north. Behind Huarocondo the river changes its name to Huarocondo. It reaches the Willkanuta River as a left tributary between the towns Ollantaytambo and Urubamba.

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

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