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Cochabamba (Aymara: Quchapampa; Quechua: Quchapampa) is a city and municipality in central Bolivia in a valley in the Andes mountain range.It is the capital of the Cochabamba Department and the fourth largest city in Bolivia, with a population of 630,587 according to the 2012 Bolivian census. [1]
The aircraft requires 1,340 m (4,400 ft) of flyable length to descend from 15 m (49 ft) altitude, scoop 6,137 L (1,350 imp gal; 1,621 US gal) of water during a twelve-second 410-metre-long (1,350 ft) run on the water at 70 knots (130 km/h; 81 mph), then climb back to 15 m
The airport was born with a single 2649 meter post office and a terminal on Guillermo Killman Avenue. [citation needed] [when?] In 1988, as an expansion plan, due to the fact that the old terminal was becoming more and more crowded and a longer runway was needed for more modern and larger aircraft, a new 3798 meter runway was created and put into operation in 1990, and a new air terminal was ...
The center of the department is marked by the temperate xeric valleys of Cochabamba (known as Kanata), Alto Cochabamba, and Capinota. These valley areas are marked by dry montane forests, and semi-arid orographies. Temperate climates year-round feature considerable diurnal temperature variation due to the high altitude.
This is a list of 58 counties of the U.S. State of California by their points of highest elevation. 6 of the 50 highest county high points in the United States are in California. Mount Whitney , located in Inyo and Tulare counties, is the highest point in California as well as the highest point in the contiguous United States at 14,505 feet ...
Entre Ríos is the capital of the Entre Ríos Municipality, which was newly established in 2004, the sixth municipal section of Carrasco Province.. The town is located at an elevation of 240 m (787 ft) in the central regions of Bolivia on the left bank of the Ichoa River, which 13 km (8.1 mi) downstream discharges into the Ichilo River.
The road has a length of 488 kilometres (303 mi) and connects the two metropolises of Cochabamba and Santa Cruz de la Sierra in a northwest–southeast direction. It begins in the valley of Cochabamba at about 2,500-metre (8,200 ft) altitude, accompanies the eastern Andes chain of the Cordillera Central and finally ends at about 450-metre (1,480 ft) altitude in Santa Cruz between the river ...
Essentially, the mountain ranges separate southern California into two distinct climatic regions: The heavy-populated coastal area west of these mountains is the one most associated with the term "southern California" and is characterized by pleasant weather all-year round, without frequent heat spells in the summer and without low temperatures ...