The Andes of southern Peru, geographical reconnaissance along the seventy-third meridian . CO-ORDINATES OF ICAIons. 7SJ0 limits or IRRIOABLE LAND IRRIGATED LAND. Fig. 67—Irrigated and irrigable landin the lea Valley of the coastal desert ofPeru. Fig. 68—The projected canal to con-vey water from the Atlantic slope to thePacific slope of the Maritime by uncertain springs that issue below the hollows of the borderingmountains. In central and northern Peru the coastal region has aspectsquite different from those about Camana. At some places, forexample north of Cerro Azul, the
The Andes of southern Peru, geographical reconnaissance along the seventy-third meridian . CO-ORDINATES OF ICAIons. 7SJ0 limits or IRRIOABLE LAND IRRIGATED LAND. Fig. 67—Irrigated and irrigable landin the lea Valley of the coastal desert ofPeru. Fig. 68—The projected canal to con-vey water from the Atlantic slope to thePacific slope of the Maritime by uncertain springs that issue below the hollows of the borderingmountains. In central and northern Peru the coastal region has aspectsquite different from those about Camana. At some places, forexample north of Cerro Azul, the main spurs of the Cordilleraextend down to the shore. There is neither a low Coast Rangenor a broad desert pampa. In such places flat land is found onlyon the alluvial fans and deltas. Lima and Callao are 66, compiled from Adamss reports on the water resources of a Figs. 67 and 68 are from Bol. de Minas del Perfi, 1906, No. 37, pp. 82 and 84respectively. THE COASTAL DESERT 119 the coastal region of Peru, shows this distinctive feature of thecentral region. Beyond Salaverry extends the northern region,where nearly all the irrigated land is found
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