Rímac River

{{Short description|Peruvian river}} {{Infobox river | name = Rímac | native_name = {{native name|qu|Rimaq}} | name_other = | name_etymology = [[Quechua language|Quechua]]  | image = MINISTRO DE DEFENSA SOBREVOLÓ LIMA PARA SUPERVISAR ACATAMIENTO DE AISLAMIENTO SOCIAL OBLIGATORIO.jpg | image_size = 240px | image_caption = View of the river in [[Historic Centre of Lima|central Lima]] | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Peru | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= Location of mouth  | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Peru]] | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = Department | subdivision_name3 = [[Department of Lima|Lima]] | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 =  | length = {{convert|204|km|mi|abbr=on}} | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = {{convert|25.8|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} | discharge1_max =  | source1 = [[Nevado Paca]] | source1_location = [[Huarochirí Province]], [[Peru]] | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = {{convert|5100|m|abbr=on}} | mouth = [[Pacific Ocean]] | mouth_location = [[Peru]] | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|11.94730|S|76.70792|W|source:placeopedia|display=it}} | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = {{convert|3400|km2|abbr=on}} | tributaries_left = [[Yuraqmayu (Lima)|Yuraqmayu]] | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }} The '''Rímac River''' {{IPA|es|ˈri.mak|}} is located in western [[Peru]] and is the most important source of [[potable water]] for the [[Lima and Callao Metropolitan Area]]. It belongs to the [[Pacific Slope]], into which it flows after bathing the cities of [[Lima]] and [[Callao]], together with the [[Chillón River]], to the north, and the [[Lurín River]], to the south. It is 204 [[Kilometre|km]] long and has a basin of 3,312 [[Square kilometre|km²]], of which 2,237.2 km² is a humid basin. The basin has a total of 191 [[lagoon]]s, of which only 89 have been studied. The river begins in the [[Highland (geography)|highlands]] of the [[Huarochirí Province]] in the [[Lima Region]] and its mouth is located in [[Callao]], near [[Jorge Chávez International Airport]].<ref name="Espinzo">Juan Diego Chávez Espinoza: [https://www.academia.edu/6878227/Adaptation_to_Climate_Change_in_the_Rímac_River_Basin_River_Basin_Snapshot_Adaptation_to_Climate_Change_in_the_Rímac_River_Basin_Acknowledgements ''Adaptation to Climate Change in the Rímac River Basin River'' ]. BMZ/KfW, Dezember 2010, p. 8</ref>

The river runs through the '''Rímac Valley''' ({{langx|es|Valle del Rímac}}), one of three [[valley]]s in the city of [[Lima]]. The city of Lima is located on the [[river delta|delta-shaped]] valley, as are various towns such as [[Matucana, Peru|Matucana]], [[Ricardo Palma District|Ricardo Palma]], [[Chosica]], [[Chaclacayo]] and [[Ate District|Vitarte]], small cities that function as strategic points between the coast and central mountains of Peru.<ref name=Orrego>{{Cite web |url=http://blog.pucp.edu.pe/blog/juanluisorrego/2010/03/02/el-valle-del-rimac-el-nombre-el-origen-y-el-recorrido/ |title=El valle del Rímac: el nombre, el origen y el recorrido |date=2010-03-02 |website=[[Blog PUCP]] |last=Orrego Penagos |first=Juan Luis}}</ref> It has a total surface of 3,700 [[Square kilometre|km<sup>2</sup>]].<ref name=Orrego/>

==Etymology== [[File:Plano de la Ciudad de los Reyes del Peru en 1744 (Detalle Principal) - AHG.jpg|thumb|left|Map of Lima in 1744 featuring the river.]] The name ''Rímac'' is from the [[Quechua language|Quechua]] word ''rimaq'', meaning "speaker, speaking",<ref name=laime/> leading to it being nicknamed ''El Río Hablador'' ("the talking river"). This name originates from the fact that a culture called [[Pachacámac]] existed in the Lima area. They built some galleries on the edge of the river with a space where a priest could enter without being seen. The inhabitants approached the river that was considered an [[Apu (god)|''apu'']] (deity) and consulted it about their inquiries, all in front of said gallery built for it. The priest responded from within, to make believe that it was the river itself that was speaking. This is quite possible the origin of why the Rímac River is called Río Hablador.<ref name=Palomino>{{Cite magazine |title=Nota etimológica: El topónimo Lima |magazine=Revista Lexis |url=https://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/lexis/article/download/4946/4941 |last=Cerrón-Palomino |first=Rodolfo |pages=151–162 |issue=1 |year=2000 |volume=XXIV}}</ref>

In addition, however, and according to a legend, its origin is based on the sacrifice of Rímac, the son of the god [[Inti]], and his sister Chaclla, to free men from a drought. And that if you find yourself on the river bank, you will hear his voice telling stories, hence the name.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ana.gob.pe/contenido/la-leyenda-del-rio-hablador |title=La leyenda del río hablador |website=Autoridad Nacional del Agua}}</ref>

The [[Conquistador|Spanish]] misunderstood the word ''Rímac'' as ''Lima'', which led to the city receiving the latter name, as a derivation of it because its pronunciation had been deformed. However, the term ''Limaq'', without being appropriate in highland Quechua, seems to have been the original in the coastal varieties of Quechua and also in the [[Mochica language]], which preceded Quechua in that area.<ref name=Palomino/>

==Geography== [[File:Lima Río Rímac Bridge.jpg|thumb|left|The ''[[Puente de Piedra]]'' crossing the Rímac.]] The Rímac River begins its journey on the western slope of the [[Andes]] mountain range at an altitude of approximately 5,508 [[Height above mean sea level|mamsl]] in the Nevado Paca, touring the provinces of [[Lima Province|Lima]] and [[Huarochirí Province|Huarochirí]], both located in the [[department of Lima]]. Among the most important tributaries of the Rímac are the Santa Eulalia River, the San Mateo or Alto Rímac River and the Blanco River.

Parallel to the Rímac River runs the [[Highway 1 (Peru)|Central Highway]] and a railway line, which starting from the [[port of Callao]], reaches the city of [[La Oroya]] in the [[department of Junín]], to later divide into two (one to the south and the other to the north), but not before going through the ''Abra de Anticona'', better known as [[Ticlio]], located at 4840 mamsl. In its basin we can also find the water treatment plant for Lima, called ''[[La Atarjea]]'', managed by the ''Lima Drinking Water and Sewerage Service Public Company'' ([[SEDAPAL]]), in addition to the hydroelectric power plants of Huampaní Hydroelectric Power Plant, Matucana (also known as ''Pablo Boner Hydroelectric Power Plant''), Huinco Hydroelectric Power Plant, Barbablanca Hydroelectric Power Plant, and Juan Carossio (also known as ''Moyopampa Hydroelectric Power Plant''), all operated by [[Enel Generación Perú|Enel Perú (formerly EDEGEL)]].

At the height of the city of Lima, the Rímac is crossed by several bridges, the best known of which is the tercentenary ''[[Puente de Piedra]]'' (wrongly called "''Puente Trujillo''" today, which is the one next to it), built in the time of viceroy [[Juan de Mendoza y Luna, Marquis of Montesclaros]] in 1610, when [[Viceroyalty of Peru|Peru was part of the Spanish Empire]].

On its margins, in the part of the mountains, several tourist restaurants, vacation and recreation centers can be found, as well as a series of clubs, which serve as escape points for the people of Lima in the cold and humid winters. Likewise, several picturesque towns can be found, such as [[Chosica]], [[Matucana]] (capital of Huarochirí), [[San Bartolome District|San Bartolomé]], [[San Mateo District, Huarochirí|San Mateo de Huanchor]], [[Ricardo Palma District|Ricardo Palma]] and [[Surco District, Huarochirí|San Jerónimo de Surco]].

A total of 27 mining operations are located in the Rímac river basin, of which seven continue to operate and the other 20 are closed or abandoned. The districts of [[Chicla District|Chicla]], [[San Mateo District, Huarochirí|San Mateo]], [[Matucana District|Matucana]], [[Surco District, Huarochirí|Surco]], [[Huanza District|Huanza]] and [[Carampoma District|Carampoma]] in [[Huarochirí Province|Huarochirí]] are the ones with the highest concentration of work. The most prominent mining centers in the area are Casapalca, Tamboraque, Millontingo, Pacococha, Colqui, Venturosa, Caridad, Lichicocha and Cocachacra.

==Flow== The "maximum discharge in 24 hours", which occurred in the Rímac river and registered at the Chosica station, amounts to 385 [[Cubic metre per second|m³/s]] (in 1941) and was only repeated on another occasion with 380 m³/s (in 1955) (since there was a record of less than 120 years, the risks of extrapolating are high). However, according to some investigations, an exceptional discharge occurred on March 29, 1925, estimated at 600 m³/s.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Las famosas lluvias de 1925 y 1926: ¿El primer. Meganiño del siglo XX? |last=Rocha Felices |first=Arturo |publisher=IV Congreso Internacional HIDRO 2011:Obras de Saneamiento, Hidráulica, Hidrología y Medio Ambiente |year=2011 |location=Lima |pages=6 |language=es |url=http://www.imefen.uni.edu.pe/Temas_interes/ROCHA/FEN_1925-1926.pdf}}</ref>

The decrease in the [[Environmental flow|flow]] of the Rímac during the dry season, in addition to the constant growth of Lima, prevented a good supply of drinking water in the city. For this reason, in 1962 the [[Peruvian government]] carried out the [[Interbasin transfer|water transfer project]] from the ''Marcapomacocha'' lagoon, which belongs to the [[Mantaro River|Mantaro river basin]], through a 10-kilometre [[siphon]]-shaped tunnel at 4,000 mamsl that crosses several [[glacier]]s.

==''Rímac reserved zone''== In 1998, the Reserved Zone of the [[Rímac Valley|Rímac River Valley]] was created, which is located between the districts of [[Lima District|Lima]], [[Chaclacayo]], [[San Juan de Lurigancho]] and [[Ate District|Ate]] of the [[Province of Lima]], and tries to take care of the cleanliness and landscape environment of area. Its extension is the one that covers a strip of 28 km. Currently, work is being done on its margins, in different areas, in order to recover its beauty, which has been greatly diminished in recent decades since it is used as a garbage dump by the inhabitants of its margins, in addition to being the draining place of sewage systems.

This area is home to species of fauna such as the ''[[falco sparverius]]'', which uses the waterfalls of the ravines as resting and stalking places. On the banks of rivers with low vegetation, birds such as the gargantuan duck (''[[Anas bahamensis]]''), herons such as the ''[[Egretta thula]]'', the ''[[Eudocimus albus]]'', the ''[[Bubulcus ibis]]'' and the ''[[Nycticorax nycticorax]]'' have been found.

==Proposed projects== The river and its surroundings have been the target of several projects, be they to improve the quality of the river or to build structures, such as [[esplanade]]s surrounding it. {| class="wikitable sortable" text-align:center;" |- ! Name ! Year ! Description |- | ''Puerto de Lima'' | 19th century | Proposal by the Condado de la Vega del Ren [[noble family]] to channelise the river to create a ''Port of Lima''. The [[Palacio Veneciano|family's palace]] was designed as part of this project, ultimately abandoned.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Lima incógnita |last=Ugarte Eléspuru |first=Juan Manuel |publisher=[[Banco Central de Reserva del Perú]] |year=1992 |language=es |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lmTrAAAAMAAJ |author-link=Juan Manuel Ugarte Eléspuru}}</ref> |- | Project by Felipe Arancivia | {{dts|1872}}–{{dts|1889}} | Urbanisation plan that intended to channel the land between [[Balta Bridge]] and the [[Puente de Piedra|Stone Bridge]] between 1872 and 1899. Projected by engineer Felipe Arancivia, a miscalculation of the budget led to its cancellation in 1909.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Una propuesta de urbanización en la ribera del río Rímac (margen izquierda) a finales del siglo xix* En un contexto de renovación urbana y actividad inmobiliaria |journal=Apuntes: Revista de estudios sobre patrimonio cultural |url=https://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revApuntesArq/article/view/8898 |last=Coronado |first=Jessica Esquivel |date=2010-07-01 |issue=2 |volume=23 |pages=162–182 |issn=2011-9003}}</ref> |- | ''Malecón del Rímac'' | {{dts|1920}}s | During the [[History of Peru (1919–1930)|second government of Augusto Leguía]], a promenade (also known as the ''Alameda'' or ''Malecón Leguía'') was developed, in order to beautify the cutwater of the river during the 1920s. However, it would be demolished at the end of the century. |- | ''Gran Parque del Río Hablador'' | {{dts|1990}}s | Part of the ''Plan Maestro Centro de Lima al 2010'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.icomos.org/public/publications/jardines_historicos_buenos_aires_2001/conferencia12.pdf |title=El Gran Parque del Río Hablador |website=[[International Council on Monuments and Sites]] |last=Bonilla Di Tolla |first=Enrique}}</ref> one of several proposals during the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite news |title=El río invisible |url=https://elcomercio.pe/opinion/columnistas/rio-invisible-gonzalo-torres-347372-noticia/ |last=Torres |first=Gonzalo |date=2015-03-29 |work=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]] |issn=1605-3052}}</ref> |- | ''Proyecto Las Lagunas del Rímac'' | {{dts|2009}} | It would seek to convert the riverbanks into ecological lungs, by forming artificial lakes (10 small rectangular lagoons), between the Balta and [[Puente Santa Rosa|Santa Rosa]] bridges, which will adorn the Rímac Malecón, forming a Cultural Corridor of the Historic Center together with the [[Walls of Lima|Parque de la Muralla]] and the [[University Park, Lima|University Park]]. Also in that year, efforts were made to channel parts of the section of the River.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www2.congreso.gob.pe/Sicr/ParCiudadana/requerim2007.nsf/0c4f51d5c0775dd90525706f005be1e7/fe8084c61f11e6ac0525745700544729?OpenDocument |title=PEDIDO CIUDADANO DERIVADO A LA COMISIÓN PUEBLOS ANDINOS. AMAZÓNICOS. AFROPERUANOS. AMBIENTE Y ECOLOGÍA |date=2008-05-27 |website=[[Congress of Peru]]}}</ref> |- | ''Proyecto Río Verde'' | {{dts|2011}} | During the management of [[Susana Villarán]], by the urban architect Augusto Ortiz de Zevallos, the project, also known as the ''Vía Parque Rímac'', was proposed, which sought to recover the banks of the river by redirecting it in order to gain land in the riverside for the creation of a 25-hectare park of green areas with riverside bridges and the development of recreational circuits (such as a theatre for 8,000 people and a Central Park of Lima, known as the ''Cantagallo Grand Recreational Park''), including an artificial lagoon, small squares, avenues and swimming pools public fed with river water. A housing program for the [[Shipibo-Conibo|Shipibo community]] of [[Rímac District|Cantagallo]] was also included.<ref>{{Cite news |title=El río que Lima espera |url=https://larepublica.pe/domingo/2022/07/10/rio-rimac-el-rio-que-lima-espera-proyecto-especial-paisajistico |last=Mendoza |first=Raúl |date=2022-07-11 |work=[[La República]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Río Verde: ¿en qué consistía el proyecto eliminado por Castañeda para que OAS construya un by-pass? |url=https://elcomercio.pe/lima/luis-castaneda-lossio-oas-rio-verde-en-que-consistia-el-proyecto-que-fue-eliminadopara-que-oas-construya-el-by-pass-de-28-de-julio-noticia/ |date=2020-02-14 |work=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]]}}</ref> However, the management of [[Luis Castañeda]] suspended it for the by-pass project of the ''Vía expressa Línea Amarilla'' (an underground tunnel that crosses the Rímac that managed to inaugurate in 2018).<ref>{{Cite news |title=Así se encuentra el túnel subterráneo a 5 meses de concluir |url=https://elcomercio.pe/lima/sucesos/linea-amarilla-encuentra-tunel-subterraneo-5-meses-concluir-noticia-472345-noticia/ |date=2017-11-08 |work=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]]}}</ref> Although the current [[mayor of Lima]], [[Rafael López Aliaga]], has considered its reactivation in 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |title=¿Qué pasó con Rio Verde, la obra que tenía como objetivo recuperar la ribera del río Rímac? |url=https://larepublica.pe/sociedad/2022/10/14/proyecto-rio-verde-que-paso-con-la-obra-que-buscaba-recuperar-la-ribera-del-rio-rimac-municipalidad-de-lima-susana-villaran |last=Ferrer |first=Paola |date=2023-03-21 |work=[[La República]]}}</ref> |- | Proposal by [[Martín Vizcarra]] | {{dts|2017|3}} | Due to the ''[[El Niño]]'' phenomenon, Vizcarra proposed channeling three kilometres of the river to avoid overflows and road collapses due to landslides in sections of the [[Carretera Central (Peru)|Central Highway]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Vizcarra: "Vamos a canalizar tres kilómetros del río Rímac para evitar desbordes" |url=https://rpp.pe/peru/actualidad/vizcarra-vamos-a-canalizar-tres-kilometros-del-rio-rimac-para-evitar-desbordes-noticia-1039625 |date=2017-03-26 |work=[[RPP Noticias]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Río Rímac: canalizarán tres kilómetros de su cauce |url=https://elcomercio.pe/lima/rio-rimac-canalizaran-tres-kilometros-cauce-411003-noticia/ |date=2017-03-27 |work=[[El Peruano]]}}</ref> |- | ''Parque Fluvial Rímac'' | {{dts|2017}} | The ''Lima Design Network'' proposed a contest of ideas under the name for which several architects from competing universities had to propose projects to save the relationship between the river and the city at an urban and public services level, in order to safeguard the limits between nature and the appropriation of man. |- | ''Proyecto Especial Paisajístico Río Rímac''<ref>{{Cite news |title=Río Rímac: ¿en qué consiste el megaproyecto de recuperación que apunta a convertirlo en uno de los mejores de Sudamérica? |last=Gonzales |first=Carlos |date=2025-08-18 |url=https://elcomercio.pe/lima/sucesos/rio-rimac-el-millonario-proyecto-que-busca-convertirlo-en-uno-de-los-mejores-de-sudamerica-prolima-ana-sedapal-dina-boluarte-noticia/ |work=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]]}}</ref> | {{dts|2012}}–present | Part of the ''[[PROLIMA|Plan Maestro del Centro Histórico de Lima al 2035]]'', through which the [[Metropolitan Municipality of Lima]] seeks its recovery as a water, urban and historical landscape, as well as developing it as a metropolitan ecological corridor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://smia.munlima.gob.pe/uploads/documento/4f3a30ece4627ece.pdf |title=PROYECTO ESPECIAL PAISAJÍSTICO RÍO RÍMAC: CORREDOR VERDE METROPOLITANO PARA EL CENTRO HISTÓRICO DE LIMA |website=[[Municipalidad de Lima]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |title=Planificación Urbana y Capital Natural: Revisión y Reflexión sobre momentos históricos y procesos urbanos para la restauración ecológica del Río Rímac |journal=[[Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola|Revista Planeo]] |url=https://ojs.uc.cl/index.php/RP/article/view/kaiser |last=Kaiser |first=Jean Paul |date=2023-05-10 |issue=45 |pages=14 páginas–14 páginas |doi=10.7764/plan.045.101|s2cid=258871857 |doi-access=free }}</ref> In 2012, the [[government of South Korea]] was invited in a project for the recovery of the Rimac and the Huaycoloro River, due to its experience with the four rivers that pass through [[Daegu]], a delay was estimated ten years for recovery.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Perú y Corea firman convenio para recuperar río Rímac |url=https://overseas.mofa.go.kr/pe-es/brd/m_6888/view.do?seq=685169 |date=2012-10-16 |work=[[La República]] (Republished by the [[Embassy of South Korea, Lima|Korean Embassy in Lima]])}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Ministerio de Agricultura anuncia plan para recuperar la cuenca del río Rímac |url=https://www.midagri.gob.pe/portal/notas-de-prensa/notas-de-prensa-2012/7874-ministerio-de-agricultura-anuncia-plan-para-recuperar-la-cuenca-del-rio-rimac |date=2012-10-16 |work=[[Ministry of Agriculture (Peru)|Ministerio de Desarrollo Agrario y Riego]]}}</ref> In 2013, a project was proposed by the municipalities of San Mateo and Chaclacayo, with the support of the National Water Authority (ANA).<ref>{{Cite news |title=Inicia el proyecto de recuperación del Río Rímac promovido por la Autoridad Nacional del Agua y los municipios de San Mateo y Chaclacayo |url=https://www.iagua.es/noticias/peru/13/04/29/inicia-el-proyecto-de-recuperacion-del-rio-rimac-promovido-por-la-autoridad-nacional-del-agua-y-los-29803 |date=2013-04-29 |work=iAgua}}</ref> In 2015, the final report of the Korean government was presented, through the [[Korea International Cooperation Agency|South Korean International Cooperation Agency]] (KOICA), and new agreements were signed, selecting the companies [[K-water]], Yooshin Eng. and Pyunghwa Eng.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Plan Maestro del Proyecto Restauración del río Rímac: Impulsando su recuperación |url=https://www.construccionyvivienda.com/2019/05/03/plan-maestro-del-proyecto-restauracion-del-rio-rimac-impulsando-su-recuperacion/ |date=2019-05-03 |work=Construcción y Vivienda}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=En 10 años se recuperará calidad del río Rímac |url=https://www.gob.pe/institucion/ana/noticias/138218-en-10-anos-se-recuperara-calidad-del-rio-rimac |date=2015-09-02 |work=[[Gob.pe]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Ministro de Recuperación de Ríos de Corea afirma que el Rímac es "Recuperable" |url=https://www.gob.pe/institucion/ana/noticias/139557-ministro-de-recuperacion-de-rios-de-corea-afirma-que-el-rimac-es-recuperable |date=2012-10-15 |work=[[Gob.pe]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Acuerdo entre Perú y Corea para la recuperación del río Rímac |url=https://www.iagua.es/noticias/peru/ana-peru/15/04/23/acuerdo-peru-y-corea-recuperacion-rio-rimac |date=2015-04-23 |work=iAgua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Corea del Sur presenta el plan de recuperación del río Rímac |url=https://www.iagua.es/noticias/peru/ana-peru/15/07/09/corea-sur-presenta-plan-recuperacion-rio-rimac |date=2015-07-09 |work=iAgua}}</ref> The estamated cost was [[US$]]1 billion.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Un largo camino para devolver la vida al río Rímac |url=https://elcomercio.pe/lima/obras/camino-devolver-vida-rio-rimac-noticia-543581-noticia/ |last=Paz Campuzano |first=Oscar |date=2018-08-05 |work=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]]}}</ref> A Master Plan was re-proposed in 2017 to reuse the river's treated water in the Taboada Wastewater Treatment Plant,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.futurodelagua.com/2017/05/15/lima-y-el-rimac-de-la-leyenda-al-plan-de-restauracion/ |title=Lima y el Rímac: De la leyenda al Plan de Restauración |date=2017-05-15 |website=Futuro del Agua |last=Correa |first=Lorenzo}}</ref> estimating a delay of two to three years. In 2021, research was carried out by Aquafondo to study the water quality in the Chirilu region (Rio Chillon, Rimac and Lurín) for the development of the project,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Semana de los ríos: Aquafondo reúne especialistas para revisar los indicadores de calidad de agua de los ríos de Lima |url=https://aquafondo.org.pe/semana-de-los-rios-aquafondo-reune-especialistas-para-revisar-los-indicadores-de-calidad-de-agua-de-los-rios-de-lima/ |date=2021-10-07 |work=Aquafondo}}</ref> and the [[CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean|CAF]] was invited to finance the work.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Proyecto que busca la recuperación paisajística del río Rímac será una realidad |url=https://www.munlima.gob.pe/2021/12/10/mml-proyecto-que-busca-la-recuperacion-paisajistica-del-rio-rimac-sera-una-realidad/ |date=2021-12-10 |work=[[Municipality of Lima|Municipalidad de Lima]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Recuperación del río Rímac en Lima será apoyada por CAF |url=https://www.caf.com/es/actualidad/noticias/2022/01/caf-apoyara-a-la-municipalidad-de-lima-en-la-definicion-de-la-hoja-de-ruta-del-proyecto-para-la-recuperacion-del-rio-rimac/ |date=2022-01-18 |work=[[CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean|CAF]]}}</ref> |- |}

==See also== *[[List of rivers of Peru]] *[[List of rivers of the Americas by coastline]]

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=laime>{{Ref Laime}}</ref> }}

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