Chiri Yaku (
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 ...
''chiri'' cold, ''yaku'' water,
[ "cold water", also spelled ''Chiriyacu'') is a ]waterfall
A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf.
Waterfalls can be formed in severa ...
in the JunÃn Region JunÃn may refer to:
Places Argentina
*JunÃn Partido
** JunÃn, Buenos Aires
*** JunÃn Airport
* JunÃn Department, Mendoza
** JunÃn, Mendoza
* JunÃn Department, San Luis
*JunÃn de los Andes, Neuquén
Colombia
*JunÃn, Cundinamarca
*Junà ...
of Peru
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, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
, other_symbol_type = National seal
, national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...
. It is located in the Chanchamayo Province
Chanchamayo (in hispanicized spelling) or Chanchamayu (Quechua ''chanchay'' to walk and leap about, to walk quickly and confused, ''chancha chancha'' to walk quickly and irregularly, ''shancha'' a kind of bird, ''mayu'' river)Diccionario Quechua - ...
, Vitoc District, at a height of . Chiri Yaku is approximately high.[
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References
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Waterfalls of Peru
Landforms of JunÃn Region