Sechín River
Sechín River is a seasonal river in the Ancash department of Peru that remains dry for long seasons, increasing its volume at times of rain in the mountain range.[1] It is of irregular regime, due to this is known as Loco River.[2] It rises at an altitude of 4385 m.s.n.m. in Cordillera Negra and it ends at the Casma River. The Casma-Sechin basin runs down the western slopes of the Andes mountain range - one of the world’s driest deserts.[3]
Historical records showed that the Sechín was severely affected by flooding in 1925 from an extremely strong El Niño cycle.[4] Elders alive at the time recounted that the rains of 1925 were significantly stronger than those in 1871 and 1891, although the rains from 1891 were considered "calamatous".
The archeological site of Cerro Sechín was discovered near the Sechín River by Peruvian archeologist Julio C. Tello in 1937.[5]
References[]
- ^ Tello, Julio C. (July 1943). "Discovery of the Chavín Culture in Peru*". American Antiquity. 9 (1): 135–160. doi:10.2307/275457. ISSN 0002-7316.
- ^ Roque Gamarra, Jhon Daniel (2018). "Propuesta de Diseño Del Puente Sechín ubicado en la Panamericana Norte del Distrito de Casma, Provincia de Casma, Región Ancash – 2018". Universidad César Vallejo (in Spanish): 27.
- ^ Ghezzi, Iván; Ruggles, Clive L. N. (2014-07-07), "Chankillo", Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy, New York, NY: Springer New York, pp. 807–820, retrieved 2022-03-06
- ^ Takahashi, Ken; Martínez, Alejandra G. (2019-06-01). "The very strong coastal El Niño in 1925 in the far-eastern Pacific". Climate Dynamics. 52 (12): 7389–7415. doi:10.1007/s00382-017-3702-1. ISSN 1432-0894.
- ^ "Cerro Sechín". World Monuments Fund. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
See also[]
- Cerro Sechín
- Mojeque
Coordinates: 9°29′06″S 78°18′01″W / 9.4850°S 78.3003°W
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