Wachwaqucha

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Wachwaqucha
Location Lima Region
Coordinates 11°37′33.8″S76°20′15.5″W / 11.626056°S 76.337639°W / -11.626056; -76.337639 Coordinates: 11°37′33.8″S76°20′15.5″W / 11.626056°S 76.337639°W / -11.626056; -76.337639
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Wachwaqucha (Quechua wachwa Andean goose, qucha lake, lagoon, [1] [2] [3] [4] "Andean goose lake", hispanicized spelling Huachuguacocha) is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Huarochiri Province, Carampoma District. It lies northwest of Millpu and Wachwa and southwest of Wamp'arqucha. [5]

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References

  1. Abdón Yaranga Valderrama: Diccionario Quechua-Español / Runa Simi-Español. Lima / Paris 2003: wachwa: Chloephaga melanoptera, syn. wallata
  2. Panoramio: Chloephaga melanoptera (Huachua)
  3. Informac SGRNMA al 31.12.07: huashua (Chloephga melanoptera), [...] huachua (Chloephaga melanoptera).
  4. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  5. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí Province (Lima Region)