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Casma River

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The Casma River which upstream is called Río Grande is a river that crosses northern Casma province in the Ancash Region of Peru. [1]

32 relations: Agriculture, Apple, Archaeological site, Asparagus, Avocado, Áncash Region, Banana, Bean, Casma, Casma/Sechin culture, Cerro Sechín, Chanquillo, Chili pepper, Chimbote, Cordillera Negra, Cotton, Grape, Guava, Huarmey, Inga feuillei, Lima, Maize, Mango, Mojeque, Pacific Ocean, Passiflora edulis, Peru, Sechín River, Sechin Alto, Sechin Bajo, Solanum muricatum, 1970 Ancash earthquake.

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.

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Apple

An apple is a sweet, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (Malus pumila).

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Archaeological site

An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record.

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Asparagus

Asparagus, or garden asparagus, folk name sparrow grass, scientific name Asparagus officinalis, is a spring vegetable, a flowering perennial plant species in the genus Asparagus.

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Avocado

The avocado (Persea americana) is a tree, long thought to have originated in South Central Mexico, classified as a member of the flowering plant family Lauraceae.

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Áncash Region

Ancash (Anqash) (Áncash) is a region of northern Peru.

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Banana

A banana is an edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa.

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Bean

A bean is a seed of one of several genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae, which are used for human or animal food.

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Casma

Casma is a city in the Ancash Region, Peru.

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Casma/Sechin culture

The Casma/Sechin culture (alternatively Sechin Complex) (c. 3600 BCE - 200 BCE) of Peru refers to the large concentration of pre-historic ruins in the valleys of the Casma River and its tributary the Sechin River and along the nearby coast of the Pacific Ocean.

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Cerro Sechín

Cerro Sechín (also Sechín de las Estelas) is an archaeological site in Casma Province of Ancash Region in northern Peru.

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Chanquillo

Chanquillo or Chankillo is an ancient monumental complex in the Peruvian coastal desert, found in the Casma-Sechin basin in the Ancash Department of Peru.

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Chili pepper

The chili pepper (also chile pepper, chilli pepper, or simply chilli) from Nahuatl chīlli) is the fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family, Solanaceae. They are widely used in many cuisines to add spiciness to dishes. The substances that give chili peppers their intensity when ingested or applied topically are capsaicin and related compounds known as capsaicinoids. Chili peppers originated in Mexico. After the Columbian Exchange, many cultivars of chili pepper spread across the world, used for both food and traditional medicine. Worldwide in 2014, 32.3 million tonnes of green chili peppers and 3.8 million tonnes of dried chili peppers were produced. China is the world's largest producer of green chillies, providing half of the global total.

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Chimbote

Chimbote is the largest city in the Ancash Region of Peru, and the capital of both Santa Province and Chimbote District.

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Cordillera Negra

The Cordillera Negra (Spanish for "black range") is part of the Cordillera Occidental, one of three mountain ranges in the Andes of west central Peru.

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Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.

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Grape

A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus Vitis.

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Guava

Guavas (singular guava) are common tropical fruits cultivated and enjoyed in many tropical and subtropical regions.

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Huarmey

For the Province of the Ancash Region in Peru, see Huarmey Province Huarmey is a coastal town in the Ancash Region, Peru.

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Inga feuillei

Inga feuillei (named after Louis Feuillée), commonly known as pacay or ice-cream bean tree, is a tree in the Fabaceae family native to Andean valleys of northwestern South America.

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Lima

Lima (Quechua:, Aymara) is the capital and the largest city of Peru.

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Maize

Maize (Zea mays subsp. mays, from maíz after Taíno mahiz), also known as corn, is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago.

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Mango

Mangoes are juicy stone fruit (drupe) from numerous species of tropical trees belonging to the flowering plant genus Mangifera, cultivated mostly for their edible fruit.

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Mojeque

Mojeque, or Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke, is a large archaeological site located in the Casma Province of Ancash Region in northern Peru.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.

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Passiflora edulis

Passiflora edulis is a vine species of passion flower that is native to southern Brazil through Paraguay and northern Argentina.

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Peru

Peru (Perú; Piruw Republika; Piruw Suyu), officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America.

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Sechín River

Sechín River in Peru, Ancash Region remains dry for long seasons, increasing its volume at times of rain in the mountain range.

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Sechin Alto

Sechin Alto is a massive architectural complex in Peru belonging to the Early Formative period (2000-1500 BC).

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Sechin Bajo

Sechin Bajo is a large archaeological site with ruins dating from 3500 BCE to 1300 BCE, making it one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Western Hemisphere.

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Solanum muricatum

Solanum muricatum is a species of evergreen shrub native to South America and grown for its sweet edible fruit.

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1970 Ancash earthquake

The 1970 Ancash earthquake (also known as the Great Peruvian earthquake) occurred on 31 May off the coast of Peru in the Pacific Ocean at.

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Casma Valley, Valley of Casma.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casma_River

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