Urubamba

[ oo-roo-vahm-bah; English oor-uh-bahm-buh ]

noun

1. a river rising in SE Peru, flowing NW through the Andes Mountains to central Peru to meet the Apurímac River and form the Ucayali River. 450 miles (725 km) long.

Example Sentences

A country as rich as Switzerland, will be able to adjust, but for tiny Urubamba in Peru, this will have profound consequences for the local population there, creating hardships for the already poor people, who depend on the water for their crops etc.

From New York Times

Peruvian friends steered us to the Sacred Valley, a snakelike flume carved out by the Urubamba River that stretches some 100 miles beneath Cusco to Macchu Pichu.

From Wall Street Journal

Staying and Eating There: About an hour’s drive from Cuzco, the three-year-old Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba has luxurious, modern rooms and casitas on a hillside overlooking the Urubamba valley.

From Wall Street Journal

He went on to explain that in 1537, Hernando Pizarro and an army of some 30,000 locals he’d recruited were repelled here by the canny emperor Manco Inca who diverted the Urubamba River to flood the plains below the citadel, forcing the Spanish to retreat.

From Wall Street Journal

El Huacatay, hidden away on a tiny side street in Urubamba, offers a cozy bamboo-shaded terrace and colorful indoor lounge where chef Pio Vásquez de Velasco prepares outstanding local delicacies such as alpaca, quinoa soup and Andean trout covered in Sacred Valley herbs.

From Wall Street Journal