Chillcamayu (possibly from
Quechua ''ch'illka'' ''
baccharis'', ''mayu'' river, "baccharis river") which upstream is called Jampamayo and downstream Pitumarca is a river in
Peru
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located in the
Cusco Region
Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de D ...
,
Canchis Province, in the districts
Checacupe and
Pitumarca. Its waters flow to the
Vilcanota River.
Chillcamayu originates in the
Vilcanota mountain range between the mountains
Jatunhuma in the north-west and
Huayruro Punco in the south-east. It crosses the Pitumarca District from north-east to south-west along the villages of Jampa, Chillca and Pitumarca. One of its main tributaries from the left is Yanamayo (Quechua for "black river"). The confluence with the Vilcanota River is near Checacupe.
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References
Rivers of Peru
Rivers of Cusco Region
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