Ñawinqucha (

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

''ñawi'' eye; button hole, ''-n'' a

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, ''qucha'' lake, hispanicized spelling ''Ñahuincocha'') is a lake in

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located in the

Junín Region Junín may refer to: Places Argentina *Junín Partido **Junín, Buenos Aires *** Junín Airport * Junín Department, Mendoza ** Junín, Mendoza * Junín Department, San Luis *Junín de los Andes, Neuquén Colombia *Junín, Cundinamarca *Juní ...

Huancayo Province Huancayo Province is located in Peru. It is one of the 9 provinces composing the Junín Region. It borders to the north with the Concepción Province, the east with the Satipo Province, the south with the Huancavelica Region and the west with the ...

Chongos Alto District Chongos Alto District is one of twenty-eight districts of the province Huancayo in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital''. Retrieved April 11, 2008. Is located in the Department of Junin, part of ...

. It is situated at a height of approximately , about 2.25 km long and 0.64 km at its widest point. Ñawinqucha lies southeast of Yuraqqucha and northeast of

Aqchiqucha Lake Acchicocha (possibly from Quechua ''aqchi'' hawk or sparrowhawk, ''qucha'' lake,Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua: ''qucha'', ''qhucha. s. Lago. Gran masa de ...

. It belongs to the watershed of the Mantaro River. In 1999 the Ñawinqucha dam was erected at the northeastern end of the lake at . It is high. It is operated by Electroperu.

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