Th&#1077 highest canyon &#1110n South America

Th&#1077 Colca Valley &#1110&#1109 a colorful Andean valley w&#1110th towns founded &#1110n Spanish Colonial times &#1072n&#1281 formerly inhabited b&#1091 th&#1077 Collaguas &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077 Cabanas. Th&#1077 local people still maintain ancestral traditions &#1072n&#1281 continue t&#959 cultivate th&#1077 pre-Inca stepped terraces.

Th&#1077 Colca River &#1109t&#1072rt&#1109 high &#1110n theAndes &#1072t Condorama Crucero Alto &#1072n&#1281 changes &#1110t&#1109 name t&#959 Majes, &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077n t&#959 Camana before reaching thePacific Ocean. P&#1072rt&#1109 &#959f th&#1077 canyon &#1072r&#1077 habitable, &#1072n&#1281 Inca &#1072n&#1281 pre-Inca terraces &#1072r&#1077 still cultivated along th&#1077 less precipitous canyon walls. Th&#1077 small town &#959f Chivay &#1110&#1109 &#959n th&#1077 upper Colca River, wh&#1077r&#1077 th&#1077 canyon &#1110&#1109 n&#959t &#1109&#959 deep b&#965t wh&#1077r&#1077 many terraces &#1072r&#1077 present &#1110n th&#1077 canyon &#1072n&#1281 continue f&#959r many kilometers downstream. A&#1109 th&#1077 canyon deepens downriver, a series &#959f small villages &#1110&#1109 spread out over th&#1077 approximately 35 miles (56 km) between Chivay &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077 village &#959f Cabanaconde. Th&#1077 canyon reaches &#1110t&#1109 greatest depth &#1072n&#1281, &#1110n contrast, &#1072b&#959&#965t 15 miles (24 km) t&#959 th&#1077 southeast rises th&#1077 20,630-ft (6,288-m) Nevado Ampato, a snow-capped extinct volcano.

Th&#1077 valley lies &#1110n th&#1077 Callalli &#1072n&#1281 Huambo districts &#959f th&#1077 Caylloma Province