Lake Salinas is a salt lake in the
Arequipa Region
Arequipa ( ay, Ariqipa; qu, Ariqipa) is a department and region in southwestern Peru. It is the sixth largest department in Peru, after Puno, Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto, its sixth most populous department, and its eleventh least ...
in
Peru
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. It is situated in the
Arequipa Province
Arequipa is a province in the Arequipa Region, Peru. Its capital, Arequipa, is Peru's second most populous province of Peru. It borders the provinces of Islay, Camaná, Caylloma, and the Cusco and Puno regions. According to INEI in the year 201 ...
,
Tarucani District.
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See also
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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 ...
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Pichu Pichu
Pichu Pichu or Picchu Picchu is an inactive eroded volcano in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Arequipa Region, Arequipa Province, on the border of Pocsi and Tarucani districts.escale.minedu.gob.pe – UGEL map of the Arequipa Province ...
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Tacune
Tacune (possibly from Aymara ''taku'' ''Prosopis'' (genus of South American tree) / colored medicinal earth, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the ''taku'' tree" or "the one with medicinal earth") is a mountain in the Andes of ...
References
*INEI, Compendio Estadistica 2007, page 26
Salt flats
Salinas
Salinas
Ramsar sites in Peru
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