The Andes of southern Peru . \^ LACUNA Nt, ^^ —^^ A. Fig. 67-—Irrigated and irrigable landin the lea Valley of the coastal desert ofPeru. Fig. 6S—The projected canal to con-vey water from the Atlantic slope to thePacific slope of the Maritime Cordillera. 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 Eangenor a broad desert pampa. In
The Andes of southern Peru . \^ LACUNA Nt, ^^ —^^ A. Fig. 67-—Irrigated and irrigable landin the lea Valley of the coastal desert ofPeru. Fig. 6S—The projected canal to con-vey water from the Atlantic slope to thePacific slope of the Maritime Cordillera. 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 Eangenor 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 Figs. 67 and 68 are from Bol. de Minas del Perfl, 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 so
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