Lake Choclococha

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Choclococha
Location Huancavelica Region
Coordinates 13°10′0″S75°4′0″W / 13.16667°S 75.06667°W / -13.16667; -75.06667 Coordinates: 13°10′0″S75°4′0″W / 13.16667°S 75.06667°W / -13.16667; -75.06667
Basin  countries Peru
Surface elevation 4,521 m (14,833 ft)
Choclococha
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Location of Choclococha in Peru
Country Peru
Dam and spillways
Height 12 m (39 ft)
Length 280 m (920 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity 17,000,000 m3 (14,000 acre⋅ft)

Choclococha (possibly from Quechua chuqllu corncob, qucha lake, [1] "corncob lake") is a large lake in the Huancavelica Region of Peru. It is situated in the Castrovirreyna Province, Santa Ana District and in the Huaytará Province, Pilpichaca District. Choclococha lies east of a lake named Orcococha and north of Caracocha. [2]

Corncob

A corncob, also called cob of corn, is the central core of an ear of corn. It is the part of the ear on which the kernels grow. The ear is also considered a "cob" or "pole" but it is not fully a "pole" until the ear is shucked, or removed from the plant material around the ear.

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.

Contents

The Choclococha dam was completed in 1960. It is 280 m (920 ft) long and 12 m (13 yd) tall. The reservoir has a volume of 66,000 m3 (54 acre⋅ft) and a capacity of 17,000,000 m3 (14,000 acre⋅ft). [3]

Reservoir A storage space for fluids

A reservoir is, most commonly, an enlarged natural or artificial lake, pond or impoundment created using a dam or lock to store water.

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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 Castrovirreyna Province (Huancavelica Region)
  3. ↑ Recursos Hídricos del Perú en Cifras, Boletín Técnico de Recursos Hídricos 2010, Autoridad Nacional del Agua, Ministerio de Agricultura, Peru
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