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Lurín River

The Lurín is a river of Peru's central coast that reaches the Pacific south of Lima. Its valley holds the great shrine of Pachacamac near its mouth and was the heartland of the Ychsma polity before the Inca conquest. It remains one of the farming valleys of the Lima metropolitan region.

Lurín River
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Lima cultureYchsma

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Lurín River. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lurin-river
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“Lurín River.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lurin-river. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Lurín River.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lurin-river.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Lurín River’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lurin-river (Accessed: ).

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