Iquitos
Proper noun
Meaning
Iquitos
A city in Peru, in the northeast of the country
Examples
The bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) has been reported convert up the Amazon River at Iquitos in Peru.
Peru ignored these protests and created the Department of Loreto in 1853 with its capital in Iquitos which it had recently invaded and systematically began to occupy using the river systems in all the territories claimed by both Colombia and Ecuador.
The new species reflects Amazonian biodiversity, according to Vinetz, and the pathogen has apparently evolved to become an important cause of leptospirosis in the Peruvian Amazon region of Iquitos.
Foreign companies settled in Iquitos, from whence they controlled the extraction of rubber.
In 1911, the British government asked Casement to return to Iquitos and Putumayo to see if promised changes in treatment had occurred.
It also identifies an area around Iquitos in Peru that will remain suitable for cacao and that is home to considerable genetic diversity, and recommends that this area be considered for protection.