Hatun Mayu

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Hatun Mayu
River
Name origin: Quechua
Country Peru
Region Puno Region
Source Andes, Willkanuta
 - location Corani District, Nuñoa District, Puno , Peru
 - coordinates 14°04′38″S70°43′24″W / 14.07722°S 70.72333°W / -14.07722; -70.72333
Mouth Crucero River
 - location Asillo District, Puno , Peru
 - elevation 0 m (0 ft)
 - coordinates 14°46′29″S70°17′09″W / 14.77472°S 70.28583°W / -14.77472; -70.28583 Coordinates: 14°46′29″S70°17′09″W / 14.77472°S 70.28583°W / -14.77472; -70.28583   [1]
Mapa cuencas endorreicas meseta del collao.jpg
Sketch map showing the location of Hatun Mayu (Nuñoa) and its confluence with the Cucero River (here labelled Carabaya)

Hatun Mayu (Quechua hatun big, mayu river, [2] [3] "big river", also spelled Jatun Mayo) which upstream is called Qinamari(Quenamari) and downstream successively is named Nuñoa and Río Grande (Spanish for "big river") is a river in Peru. It is a right tributary of the Crucero River whose waters flow to Lake Titicaca. It is located in the Puno Region, Azángaro Province, Asillo District, and in the Melgar Province, in the districts Nuñoa and Orurillo. [4]

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Lake Titicaca lake in Peru and Bolivia

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Named Qinamari it originates in the Willkanuta mountain range east of the mountain Khunurana at the border of the Corani District of the Carabaya Province and the Nuñoa District. At first its direction is to the southwest along the mountains Jarupata and Qhuna Tira where Llankamayu (Llancamayo) joins the river. Before reaching the mountain Antalluku (Andalloco) it turns to the southeast. Now it gets the name Hatun Mayu. After the confluence with Sawap'unqu (Sahuapunco) it receives the name Nuñoa. It flows along Nuñoa and keeps the name until Juruwiña River meets the river as a left tributary. From now on it is called Río Grande. At first the river flows along the border of the districts Nuñoa and Orurillo. Then it crosses Orurillo District and enters Asillo District where it meets Crucero River east of Asillo. [4]

Corani is one of ten districts of the Carabaya Province in Peru.

Carabaya Province Province in Puno, Peru

Carabaya Province is a province of the Puno Region in the southern part of Peru. It is bounded on the north by the Madre de Dios Region, on the east by the Sandia Province, on the south by the provinces of Azángaro, Melgar and Putina and on the west by the Cusco Region. The capital of the province is the city of Macusani.

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Hatun Wayq'u which downstream successively is named T'uruyunka(Toroyunca) and Chuqisayra(Choquesayra) is a river in Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, Vilcabamba District. It belongs to the watershed of the Apurímac River, the source of the Amazon River.

References

  1. Amazon River at GEOnet Names Server
  2. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)