Cotahuasi is considered one of the deepest canyons in the world with a depth of 3 535 meters aproximately, possess varied ecosystems from 950 to 6 093 msnm. At present it is catalogued as a Natural Protected area in the Paisajista Reserve mode...
It is located East and perpendicular to Colca. The river Andagua cross the Volcanoes Valley to north, to south, east of the solid little Coropuna volcano, in more than 80 km...
The canyon is an impressive crack that runs about 100 km between big walls of around 3,400 m. Its slopes are pronounced, almost vertical. They descent from 5,200 m of Chila's Mountain Range, in his right bank, to the river at 3,000 m on the beginning of the canyon until 900 m after 100 km of journey in the confluence with Andamayo river in which Majes valley is formed...
It is located at 10 kilometers of Chala and 427 kilometers northeast of Arequipa, valuable archeological center of the Inca time. Erected at the Pacífico's sides, it would have been inhabited between XIII and XV centuries...
The bigger archeological repository of the planet with 5.000 petroglifos aproximately, is located in Castilla Province, Uraca district with a desert slope with 600 msnm of elevation, the material where the carving was found is eminently ignimbrítico volcanic, these carvings belong to Huari Horizonte Medio society. The zone was the place where the caravans of flames got through, proving the Ecological Vertical Control of John Murra...