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Lakes Of 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 languages, Quechua ''qucha'': lake. *Acucocha (Pasco), Acucocha *Alcacocha (Pasco), Alcacocha *Lake Arapa, Arapa *Lake Aricota, Aricota *Lake Belaunde, Belaunde *Lake Carpa, Carpa *Lake Chauya, Chauya *Lake Choclococha, Choclococha *Huacachina *Lake Imiria, Imiria *Lake Jucumarini, Jucumarini *Lake Junin, Junin *Quishuar Lakes *Lake Langui Layo, Langui Layo *Lake Lagunillas, Lagunillas *Lake Lauricocha, Lauricocha *Loriscota *Llanganuco Lakes *Lake Marcapomacocha, Marcapomacocha *Mucurca Lake, Mucurca *Palcacocha *Lake Paca, Paca *Lake Pacucha, Pacucha *Lake Parinacochas, Parinacochas *Lake Parón, Parón *Lake Paucarcocha, Paucarcocha *Lake Pelagatos, Pelagatos *Lake Pías, Pías *Lake Pomacanchi, Pomacanchi *Pumacocha (Yauli), Pumacocha *Lake Punrun, Punrun *Lake Querococha, Querococha *La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 country. Its current director is Dante Rafael Carhuavilca Bonett. As stated on its website, the INEI eases decision-making with the help of quality statistical information and the use of information technology and thus helps develop the society. Censuses The latest census performed by the INEI is the 2017 Census, which was conducted from August 22 through November 5 of that year. Its preliminary results will be released to the public in 3 months, and final results in January 2018. An earlier census is the 2007 Census. Coding systems In its reports INEI uses standard coding systems for geographical location (''Ubicación Geográfica'') and classification of economical activities (''Clasificación Nacional de Actividades Económicas del Perú'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Jucumarini
Lake Jucumarini, Lake Jacumarini or Lake Ucumarini (possibly from Aymara ''jukumari'' bear)Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, a historical dictionary by Ludovico Bertonio (1612) is a lake in Peru at 4390 m of elevation. It is located in the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED Online. Ma ..., Ichuña District.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the General Sánchez Cerro Province (Moquegua Region) See also * Pharaquta * List of lakes in Peru References Lakes of the Department of Moquegua Lakes of Peru {{Moquegua-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Parinacochas
Lake Parinacochas (possibly from Aymara ''parina'' flamingo, Quechua ''qucha'' lake, lagoon, "flamingo lake") is a lake in Ayacucho Region in Peru. It is located west of Sara Sara volcano at an elevation of above sea level. The lake is 12 km long and 9 km wide, and has a catchment area of . Lake Parinacochas is a shallow brackish lake, with some salt pan areas appearing at low water levels. Inkawasi, a ruined village of Inca origin, lies on the north-western shore of Lake Parinacochas. Ecology Flora The lake is located in a dry puna grassland region. Aquatic vegetation is represented by reeds of ''Typha'' sp. and submerged plants of genus ''Potamogeton''. See also *Sara Sara Sara Sara is a volcano lying between Lake Parinacochas and the Ocoña River in Peru. It is situated in the provinces of Parinacochas and Paucar del Sara Sara. The volcano formed during the Pleistocene during four different stages of volcan ... * List of lakes in Peru References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Pacucha
Lake Pacucha is a lake in the Apurímac Region in Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac .... See also * List of lakes in Peru References *INEI, Compendio Estadistica 2007, page 26 Lakes of Peru Lakes of the Department of Apurímac {{Apurimac-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Paca
Lake Paca ( Spanish: ''Laguna de Paca'') is a lake in Peru. It is located north of the historic town of Jauja, which was once the first capital of Peru. The lake is habitat for a variety of flora and fauna. The lake is fed from springs. Geography Lake Paca is one of the three lakes in the Mantaro River Valley in the central highlands of Peru formed by high Cordillera ranges, which has three tributary valleys known as the Masma, the Paca and the Yanamarca. Laguna Paca is the only lake in the Paca valley which has water throughout the year. However, floating mats of rushes and sedges cover the south side of the lake. The lake itself does not drain out, as like the other lakes in the valleys, has been “filled up by interglacial fill, and alluvial and eolian sedimentation.” The river that originates in this valley, is called the Mantaro River. It flows near the Jauja town into a large alluvial plain. Formation of this region and its lake system is attributed to diverse sedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Palcacocha is located at in the Ancash Region in Cordillera Blanca at an elevation of 4,566 m, just below the summits of Palcaraju (6,274 m) and Pucaranra (6,156 m). The lake is one of several lakes supplying the town Huaraz with water, 23 km to the southwest. 1941 mudflow On the early morning of 13 December 1941 a huge chunk of the adjacent glacier or a large avalanche fell into Lake Palcacocha causing the breaking of the moraine walls that limit the lake downhill. The wave hurtled down the Cojup valley, destroying Lake Jiracocha on its way and carrying blocks of ice, large rock boulders and liquid mud towards the Santa River valley. Within 15 minutes the mudslide reached Huaraz, with 400 m³ of debris burying parts of the town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mucurca Lake
Lake Mucurca (possibly from Quechua ''muyuy'' to turn, to move circularly / to turn a body around its axis, ''-rqa'' verbal suffix) doc. is a lake in located in the Arequipa Region
Arequipa () 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 densely populated dep ... , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Marcapomacocha
Lake Marcapomacochaescale.minedu.gob.pe - Map of Yauli Province (Junin Region) (possibly from Quechua ''marka'' village, puma cougar, puma, ''qucha'' lake)Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua: ''marka'' - ''s. Pueblo o aldea.'' ''puma'' - ''s. Puma ( [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanganuco Lakes
__NOTOC__ The Llanganuco Lakes (''Llankanuku'' in Quechua language), Chinancocha and Orconcocha, are situated in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. They are located in Ancash Region, Yungay Province, Yungay District, about 25 km north-east of Yungay.pirineos3000.com Map of the area showing "Chinancocha" and "Orgoncocha" The lakes are part of . 
Chinancocha ''Lake'' ''Chinancocha'', (possi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, Aymara-Spanish dictionary: ''Quta'' (s.) - ''Lago.'') is a lake in . It is situated in the Puno Region
Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Lauricocha
Lake Lauricocha (possibly from Huánuco Quechua ''lawri'' bluish, Quechua language, 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 lake, glacial action, is located on the western slopes of the Raura mountain range and the Cordillera Huayhuash which rises to elevations of more than . The lake has a surface elevation of and has an east-west orientation. It is long, wide and has an average depth of The lake is part of the basin of the Lauricocha River, A Jesuit priest named Samuel Fritz drew a map in 1707 which showed the Marañón River as the main stream of the Amazon River. He identified Lake Lauricocha as the Source of the Amazon River, source of the Amazon. Several additional places have since been proposed as sources of the Amazon. The Lauricocha River flows out of the lake. A hamlet also called Lauricocha, Huánuco, Lauricocha is near the outlet of the lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Lagunillas
Lake Lagunillas is a lake in the Andes of far southeastern Peru. Lagunillas is at an altitude of about and it is located just northwest of Lake Saracocha. These two lakes are part of the system drained by the Coata River, which flows in a generally easterly direction until entering westernmost Lake Titicaca, about from Lake Lagunillas as the crow flies. In 2014, the pupfish ''Orestias luteus'' made up slightly more than 70% of catches in fisheries, with the remaining being the introduced rainbow trout, a species also farmed in the lake. Lake Lagunillas is home to the unusual and relatively large "''escomeli''" form of the Titicaca water frog ''Telmatobius culeus'', commonly known as the Titicaca water frog or Lake Titicaca frog, is a medium-large to very large and endangered species of frog in the family Telmatobiidae. It is entirely aquatic and found only in the Lake Titicaca basi .... Climate See also * List of lakes in Peru References *INEI, Compendio Estadistica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
