Kimsaqucha (

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 ...

''kimsa'' three, ''qucha'' lake, "three lakes", hispanicized spelling ''Quimsacocha'') is a group of three lakes in

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

located in the

Puno Region Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusco ...

Carabaya Province Carabaya Province is a Provinces of Peru, province of the Puno Region located in the southern part of Peru. It is bounded on the north by the Madre de Dios Region, on the east by the Sandia Province, on the south by the provinces of Azángaro Prov ...

Ituata District Ituata District is one of ten districts of the Carabaya Province in Peru. Geography The Kallawaya mountain range traverses the district. One of the highest elevations of the district is Q'iruni at . Other mountains are listed below: Ethnic ...

. The lakes lie north-east of the

Kallawaya The Kallawaya are an indigenous group living in the Andes of Bolivia. They live in the Bautista Saavedra Province and Muñecas Province of the La Paz Department but are best known for being an itinerant group of traditional healers that tra ...

mountain range, at the foot of the mountain Yana Wayllayuq (Quechua for "the one with a black meadow", hispanicized ''Yana Huayllayoc'').escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region) The lakes are connected by an intermittent stream. It flows to the little lake Sallaqucha ''(Sallaccocha)'' where it turns to the south-east to reach the river Yuraq Kancha ''(Yurac Cancha)'' whose waters flow to the Inambari River.

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Lakes of Peru Lakes of Puno Region {{Puno-geo-stub