Pukaqucha (Lima)

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Pukaqucha
Location Peru
Lima Region
Coordinates 11°31′48″S76°21′20″W / 11.53000°S 76.35556°W / -11.53000; -76.35556 Coordinates: 11°31′48″S76°21′20″W / 11.53000°S 76.35556°W / -11.53000; -76.35556
Max. length 1.00 km (0.62 mi)
Max. width 0.80 km (0.50 mi)
Surface elevation 4,786 m (15,702 ft)

Pukaqucha (Quechua puka red, qucha lake, hispanicized spelling Pucacocha) is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Huarochiri Province, Huanza District. It is situated at a height of about 4,786 metres (15,702 ft), about 1.00 km long and 0.8 km at its widest point.

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.

Huanza District is one of thirty-two districts of the province Huarochirí in Peru.

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