Wachwa

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Wachwa
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Wachwa
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,300 m (17,400 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 11°38′59″S76°19′22″W / 11.64972°S 76.32278°W / -11.64972; -76.32278 Coordinates: 11°38′59″S76°19′22″W / 11.64972°S 76.32278°W / -11.64972; -76.32278  
Geography
Location Peru, Lima Region
Parent range Andes

Wachwa (Quechua for Andean goose, [2] [3] [4] hispanicized spelling Huachhua) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,300 metres (17,388 ft) high. It is situated in the Lima Region, Huarochiri Province, on the border of the districts of Carampoma and Chicla. [1] Wachwa lies southwest of Ukrupata and Millpu and southeast of the lake named Wachwaqucha (Quechua for "Andean goose lake", hispanicized and broken name Huachuguacocha).

Andean goose species of bird

The Andean goose is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is also known as the wallata. It is in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae.

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.

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí Province (Lima Region)
  2. ↑ Abdón Yaranga Valderrama: Diccionario Quechua-Español / Runa Simi-Español. Lima / Paris 2003: wachwa: Chloephaga melanoptera, syn. wallata
  3. ↑ Panoramio: Chloephaga melanoptera (Huachua)
  4. ↑ Informac SGRNMA al 31.12.07: huashua (Chloephga melanoptera), [...] huachua (Chloephaga melanoptera).


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