Arequipa Department

Colca Canyon

Floor1,756 m5,761 ft

Depth: 2,115 m
Rim: 3,907 m
Length: 35.2 km
Tonight: 7°CLight rain showers · Wind 5 km/h N

Colca Canyon is up to 2,115 m deep: the rim reaches 3,907 m and the floor 1,756 m, along 35.2 km.

All facts

Floor: 1,756 m

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Depth

Depth of Colca Canyon

Up to 2,115 m deep (typically 1,343 m) along the 35.2 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

3D map

Colca Canyon 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Colca Canyon terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Colca Canyon elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Colca Canyon weather

Tonight · Light rain showers · 7°C (45°F) · 2.7 mm · Wind 5 km/h N

Colca Canyon forecast for about 3,907 m.

Tonight7°2.7 mm5 km/h N
Sat6°15°1.7 mm12 km/h SW
Sun7°15°2.6 mm12 km/h SW
Mon6°14°0.2 mm6 km/h SW
Tue6°14°0.6 mm9 km/h SW
Wed4°11°6.5 mm6 km/h SW
Thu4°13°0.1 mm8 km/h SW
Fri4°14°–7 km/h SW
Sat3°16°–8 km/h SW
Sun4°17°–9 km/h SW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 13.8 × 13.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°

16.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

22.3%

Steep, 30–45°

50.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

10.8%

Steeper than 30°: 60.9% of the 190 km² view
Relief in view: 2,821 m low point 1,751 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Shrubland 46.7%Grassland 40.8%Bare rock / sparse 9.2%Cropland 1.7%Trees 1.1%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.9 km; 137 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Andean Condor22
Mourning Sierra-Finch11
Peru Pacific Iguana10
Eve's Needle Cactus10
Corryocactus brevistylus10
Eared Dove8

Where it sits

Where Colca Canyon sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Saxa Q'awaPeak · 5,000 m76 km NNW

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-29)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
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