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Lawriqucha River (
Huánuco Quechua
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 ...
''lawri'' bluish, Quechua ''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. It belongs to the watershed of the Marañón River. The river is named after the lake Lawriqucha
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 on ...
or Lauricocha.
The Lawriqucha River originates in a small glacial lake in the Raura mountain range
Raura (possibly from Quechua ''rawra'' gravel) is a mountain range located in the Andes of Peru, on the boundaries of the regions of Huánuco, Lima and Pasco. It extends between 10°21' and 10°31'S and 76°41' and 76°50'W for about 20 km.
called Niñococha () at an elevation of . In 1952 this lake was identified as the source of the Amazon River 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 on ...
. Near Lauricocha Lake is a stone bridge across the river dating back to the Inca Empire 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
The Nupe is a small river in the Huánuco Region in Peru. It rises in the Cordillera Huayhuash and joins the Lauricocha River forming what is then called the Marañón River, one of the two largest upstream contributors to the Amazon River. The he ...
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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