Challwaqucha (Yauyos)

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Challwaqucha
Location Lima Region, Yauyos Province
Coordinates 12°38′57″S75°42′59″W / 12.64917°S 75.71639°W / -12.64917; -75.71639 Coordinates: 12°38′57″S75°42′59″W / 12.64917°S 75.71639°W / -12.64917; -75.71639
Basin  countries Peru

Challwaqucha (Quechua challwa fish, qucha lake, [1] "fish lake", hispanicized spelling Chalhuacocha) is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, on the border of the districts of Colonia and Tupe. It lies southeast of the mountain and the lake named Wankarqucha. The Challwamayu ("fish river", Chaullamayo) originates south of the lake. Its waters flow to the Cañete River. [2]

Peru republic in South America

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.

Yauyos Province Province in Lima, Peru

The Yauyos Province is a province located in the Lima Region of Peru. It is one of the eleven that make up that region.

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References

  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)