Rímac River
river, South America
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The R\u00edmac River is an 80-mile-long river in western Peru that flows southwest through Lima into the Pacific Ocean. The river has formed an alluvial cone on which the early Spanish colonists established their settlement. The R\u00edmac district, created in 1921, is part of the Lima metropolitan area and is primarily a lower-income residential area with some commercial and industrial establishments. The river's name is a corruption of the Quechua word R\u00edmac, meaning \"Talker\".1234
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