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Lawriqucha River ( Huánuco Quechua ''lawri'' bluish, 
Quechua
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*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
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''qucha'' lake, lagoon, "bluish lake", hispanicized spelling ''Lauricocha'') is a river in the Huánuco Region
Huánuco (; qu, Wanuku) is a city in central Peru. It had a population of 196,627 as of 2017 and in 2015 it had a population of 175,068. It is the capital of the Huánuco Region and the Huánuco District. It is the seat of the diocese of Huán ...
in Peru
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. It belongs to the watershed of the Marañón River
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. The river is named after the lake Lawriqucha or Lauricocha.
The Lawriqucha River originates in a small glacial lake in the Raura mountain range called Niñococha () at an elevation of . In 1952 this lake was identified as the source of the Amazon River
The main source of the largest river in the world has been a subject of exploring and speculations for centuries and continues to cause arguments even today. Determining the origin of the Amazon River has evoked broad debates among scholars, explo ...
by an English explorer, Sebastian Snow. Several other sources of the Amazon have been proposed.
From Niñococha the river flows north through the Raura silver mine to Lake Lauricocha
Lake Lauricocha (possibly from Huánuco Quechua ''lawri'' bluish, Quechua ''qucha'' lake, lagoon, "bluish lake") is a lake in the Andes mountains of central Peru, within Huánuco Region.
Geography
The lake, formed by glacial action, is located o ...
. Near Lauricocha Lake is a stone bridge across the river dating back to the Inca Empire
The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire), called ''Tawantinsuyu'' by its subjects, (Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts", "four parts together" ) was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The admin ...
and still in use for horse and foot travel and the Lauricocha caves where archaeologists have found evidence of human habitation 10,000 years ago. The river continues flowing north near the villages of Cauri (Kawri), Jesús and Jivia. Near the town of Rondos (Runtus) the Lawriqucha joins the Nupe River to form the Marañón. The elevation at the junction of the rivers is .
The total length of the Lawriqucha River, in straight line distance from Niñococha Lake to its junction with the Nupe, is about .Google Earth
References
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