Chira River
River in Peru
title: "Chira River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-ecuador", "rivers-of-peru", "rivers-of-the-department-of-piura", "geography-of-loja-province", "international-rivers-of-south-america"] description: "River in Peru" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chira_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary River in Peru ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox river"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Río Chira |
| image | Ecuador-Peru-Frontera.svg |
| image_caption | Chira River flows into the Pacific Ocean between Tumbes and Paita (left down) |
| pushpin_map | Peru |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of mouth |
| mouth | Pacific Ocean |
| mouth_coordinates | |
| subdivision_type1 | Countries |
| subdivision_name1 | |
| mouth_elevation | 0 m |
| :: |
| name = Río Chira | image = Ecuador-Peru-Frontera.svg | image_size = | image_caption = Chira River flows into the Pacific Ocean between Tumbes and Paita (left down) | pushpin_map = Peru | pushpin_map_caption = Location of mouth | source1_location = | mouth = Pacific Ocean | mouth_coordinates = | subdivision_type1 = Countries | subdivision_name1 = | length = | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = 0 m | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = The Chira River or Rio Chira is a river (as well as a valley) in northern Peru whose mouth is 100 km north west of the provincial capital of Piura and 25 km north of the port of Paita.
Its source is in the Ecuadorian Andes near the town of Papaca in the province Loja from where it flows for ca 250 km in westerly directions. After crossing the border to Peru, it is dammed up in the 885 million m³ Poechos reservoir and later passes the town of Sullana.
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