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The following is a list of lakes in Peru.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática The Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) ("National Institute of Statistics and Informatics") is a semi-autonomous Peruvian government agency which coordinates, compiles, and evaluates statistical information for the countr ...
(INEI)
"Compendio Estadistica 2007"
page 26 Many of the names have the ending -cocha, from Quechua ''qucha'': lake. * Acucocha * Alcacocha * Arapa * Aricota * Belaunde * Carpa * Chauya * Choclococha *
Huacachina Huacachina is a village built around a small oasis and surrounded by sand dunes in southwestern Peru. It is about five kilometers from the city of Ica in the Ica District of Ica Province. The oasis was introduced as a feature on the back of the ...
* Imiria * Jucumarini * Junin * Quishuar Lakes * Langui Layo * Lagunillas * Lauricocha *
Loriscota Lake Loriscota or Lake Lorisccota (possibly from Aymara ''lurisa'' inflorescence of the totora, name of a river ''(Loriza)'' connected with the lake and of a village ''(Loriza)'' northeast of the lake, ''quta'' lake,Llanganuco Lakes * Marcapomacocha * Mucurca *
Palcacocha Palcacocha (possibly from Quechua ''pallqa, p'allqa, p'alqa'' forked, branched, fork, ''qucha'' lake) is a glacier lake in the Andes mountain range of South America in northwestern Peru located in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province. Location Pa ...
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Paca A paca is a member of the genus ''Cuniculus'' of ground-dwelling, herbivorous rodents in South and Central America. It is the only genus in the family Cuniculidae. Pacas are large rodents with dots and stripes on their sides, short ears, and ...
* Pacucha * Parinacochas * Parón * Paucarcocha * Pelagatos * Pías * Pomacanchi * Pumacocha * Punrun * Querococha * Conococha * Colorcocha * Rimachi * Salinas * Sandoval * Saracocha * Sausacocha *
Sauce In cooking, a sauce is a liquid, cream, or semi-solid food, served on or used in preparing other foods. Most sauces are not normally consumed by themselves; they add flavor, moisture, and visual appeal to a dish. ''Sauce'' is a French wor ...
* Shegue * Sibinacocha * Suches * Titicaca * Tragadero * Umayo * Orcococha * Valencia * Vizcacha * Huangacocha * Huarmicocha * Huaroncocha * Huascacocha * Huichicocha * Vilacota * Huiñaymarca * Yanawayin * Yanaqucha


See also

* List of lakes * List of lakes by area * List of lakes by depth * List of lakes by volume


References

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