Waqraqucha (Junín)

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Waqraqucha
Location Junín Region, Junín Province
Coordinates 11°16′35″S76°09′41.1″W / 11.27639°S 76.161417°W / -11.27639; -76.161417 Coordinates: 11°16′35″S76°09′41.1″W / 11.27639°S 76.161417°W / -11.27639; -76.161417
Basin  countries Peru
Waqraqucha Dam
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Location of Waqraqucha Dam in Peru
Dam and spillways
Height 6.5 m (21 ft)
Power Station
Operator(s) Electroperu

Waqraqucha (Quechua waqra horn, qucha lake, lagoon, [1] "horn lake", hispanicized names Huacracocha, Laguna Huacra) is a lake in Peru located in the Junín Region, Junín Province, Junín District. [2] It belongs to the watershed of the Mantaro River. [3]

Horn (anatomy) anatomical feature

A horn is a permanent pointed projection on the head of various animals consisting of a covering of keratin and other proteins surrounding a core of live bone. Horns are distinct from antlers, which are not permanent. In mammals, true horns are found mainly among the ruminant artiodactyls, in the families Antilocapridae (pronghorn) and Bovidae.

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.

In 2000 the Waqraqucha dam was erected at the western end of the lake at 11°16′29.7″S76°02′14.9″W / 11.274917°S 76.037472°W / -11.274917; -76.037472 . It is 6.5 m (21 ft) high. It is operated by Electroperu. [3]

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Waqraqucha may refer to:

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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 Junín Province (Junín Region) (unnamed)
  3. 1 2 Obras hidraulicos en la cuenca de Mantaro - fuente : fuente: Electroperu - Inventario proyectos de afianzamiento hidrico Cuenca del Rio Mantaro, 2005
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