Peru Current On World Map
It is an eastern boundary current similar to the california c.
Peru current on world map. The cia world factbook places the center of peru at the following geographic coordinates. Go back to see more maps of peru maps of peru. A map of cultural and creative industries reports from around the world.
It is an eastern boundary current flowing in the direction of the equator and extends 5001000 km 310620 mi offshore. As observed on the physical map of peru above the rugged andes mountains cover almost 40 of peru. The country name comes from the indian language quechua and means lushness.
Peru is bordered by the pacific ocean chile to the south bolivia and brazil to the east and colombia and ecuador to the north. It shows the location of most of the worlds countries and includes their names where space allows. 10 degrees south latitude and 76 degrees west longitude.
This map shows where peru is located on the world map. To the west lies the pacific. Peru is in the west of south america.
The humboldt current also called the peru current is a cold low salinity ocean current that flows north along the western coast of south america. Covering an area of 1285216 sqkm 496225 sq mi peru located in western south america is the worlds 19th largest country and south americas 3rd largest country. Peru time zone and map with current time in the largest cities.
The map above is a political map of the world centered on europe and africa. Peru is the third largest country in south america after brazil and argentina. Peru location on the world map click to see large.
Peru borders clockwise with ecuador colombia brazil bolivia and chile. Representing a round earth on a flat map requires some distortion of the geographic features no matter how the map is done. Latitude is the distance north or south of the equator while longitude is the distance east or west of greenwich england.
Peru is located in western south america.