Lake Allicocha
(possibly from
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 ...
''alli'' good, sane, ''qucha'' lake, "good lake" or "sane lake") is a lake in the
Cordillera Blanca
The Cordillera Blanca (Spanish for "white range") is a mountain range in Peru that is part of the larger Andes range and extends for between 8°08' and 9°58'S and 77°00' and 77°52'W, in a northwesterly direction. It includes several peaks ove ...
in the
Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...
of
Peru
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located in the
Ancash Region,
Asunción Province
Asunción Province is one of the 20 provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru, one of the smallest provinces of the region. It is located in the heart of the central highlands of the region, on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Blanca, in the east ...
,
Chacas District
Chacas is a district of the province Asunción in the Ancash Region of Peru. Its seat is Chacas.
Geography
The Cordillera Blanca traverses the district. Some of the highest peaks of the district are Wallqan and Yanarahu. Other mountains are li ...
;
[http://escale.minedu.gob.pe/documents/10156/1367926/ugel_asuncion.pdf - UGEL map of Asuncion Province] at a height of , 204 m long and 113 m at its widest point.
[Ministerio de Agricultura, Peru, Inventario de lagunas de la Cordillera Blanca, Huaraz 2011] Lake Allicocha lies southwest of
Copa.
The shore of the lake is covered with
quenual trees ''(Polylepis sp.)'' and shrubs and herbs like:
ichu ''(Jarava ichu)'', shunqu shunqu ''(Stangea erikae)'', botoncillo ''(Werneria dactylophylla)'', lleqllish qora ''(Werneria nubigena)'',
warqu ''(Austrocylindropuntia flocossa)'', rima rima ''(Krapfia weberbaueri)'' and taulli macho ''(Lupinus weberbaueri)''.
References
Lakes of Peru
Lakes of Ancash Region
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