Runchu

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Runchu
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Runchu
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,165 m (16,946 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 12°11′53″S76°03′19″W / 12.19806°S 76.05528°W / -12.19806; -76.05528 Coordinates: 12°11′53″S76°03′19″W / 12.19806°S 76.05528°W / -12.19806; -76.05528  
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Central

Runchu (Quechua for shrew opossum, [2] also spelled Runcho) is a 5,165-metre-high (16,946 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, on the border of the districts of San Joaquín and Tanta. Runchu lies northwest of Tikllaqucha. [1] [3] It is situated on the western border of the Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve. [4]

Shrew opossum family of mammals

The family Caenolestidae contains the seven surviving species of shrew opossum: small, shrew-like marsupials that are confined to the Andes mountains of South America. The order is thought to have diverged from the ancestral marsupial line very early. They were once included in the superorder but it is now known that Ameridelphia is paraphyletic, having given rise to Australidelphia, and thus could be considered an evolutionary grade. Genetic studies indicate that they are the second most basal order of marsupials, after the didelphimorphs. As recently as 20 million years ago, at least seven genera were in South America. Today, just three genera remain. They live in inaccessible forest and grassland regions of the High Andes.

Cordillera Central (Peru) part of the Andes in Peru

The Cordillera Central is part of the Andes in Peru. It extends in a northerly direction approximately between 11º 39’ and 12º 37’S and 75º 30’ and 76º 20’W for about 60 km to 100 km. It contains the Paryaqaqa (P), Yauyos (Y) and Pichqa Waqra (PW) mountain ranges. It is located in the Junín Region and in the Lima Region.

Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

The Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. This range is about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, about 200 to 700 km wide, and of an average height of about 4,000 m (13,000 ft). The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

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Tiktiqucha

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Corihuasi mountain in Peru

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Pachanqutu mountain in Peru

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Suyruqucha (Junín-Lima)

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Parya Chaka

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Uqsha

Uqsha is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 m (15,748 ft) high. It is located in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, Quinti District, and in the Yauyos Province, Tanta District, southwest of the lake named P'itiqucha. Uqsha lies northeast of Waswa Punta and southeast of Hatun Ukru. It is situated on the western border of the Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve.

References

  1. 1 2 "Nevado Runcho". IGN, Peru. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  2. ↑ Wilmer E. Pozo R.1 and Fredy Trujillo G., Lista anotada de la fauna de la Laguna Loreto, Reserva Ecológica Cayambe Coca, Ecuador, Laboratorio de Zoología, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas del IASA, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Sangolquí – Ecuador, p. 37
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province (Lima Region)
  4. ↑ ParksWatch, Park Profile - Peru Nor Yauyos – Cochas Landscape Reserve, p. 6


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