P'itiqucha (
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
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''p'iti'' to divide by pulling powerfully to the extremes / gap, interruption, ''qucha'' lake, lagoon, "gap lake", hispanicized spelling ''Peticocha, Piticocha'') is a lake in
Peru
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located in the
Lima Region
The Department of Lima () is a department and region located in the central coast of Peru, the ''seat of the Regional Government'' is Huacho.
Lima Province, which contains the city of Lima, the country's capital, is located west of the Departm ...
,
Huarochiri Province,
Quinti District.
[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochiri Province (Lima Region)] It is situated at a height of about , about 2.79 km long and 0.56 km at its widest point. P'itiqucha lies south of the
Paryaqaqa
Pariacaca, Paria Caca'','' Paryaqaqa, Parya Qaqa, (possibly from Quechua ''parya'' reddish; copper; sparrow, ''qaqa'' rock) or Tullujuto (possibly from Quechua ''tullu'' bone, ''qutu'' heap, "bone heap") is the highest mountain in the Pariacaca ...
mountain range and the lakes named
Ch'uspiqucha and Paryachaka, west of
Mulluqucha and northwest of
Pawqarqucha
Lake Paucarcocha (possibly from Quechua ''pawqar'' multi-coloured, ''qucha'' lake, lagoon, "multi-coloured lake") is a lake in Peru located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Tanta District.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Yauyos Province ( ...
.
The sea ground of P'itiqucha is elevated in the middle which almost divides it into two parts. The naming of the lake refers to this interruption.
See also
*
Nor Yauyos-Cochas Landscape Reserve
*
List of lakes in Peru
The following is a list of lakes in Peru.Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI)"Compendio Estadistica 2007" page 26 Many of the names have the ending -cocha, from Quechua ''qucha'': lake.
* Acucocha
* Alcacocha
* Arapa
* A ...
References
*INEI, Compendio Estadistica 2007, page 26
Lakes of Peru
Lakes of Lima Region
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