Lake Pumacocha (possibly from
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
**So ...
''puma''
cougar
The cougar (''Puma concolor'') is a large Felidae, cat native to the Americas. Its Species distribution, range spans from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes in South America and is the most widespread of any large wild terrestrial mamm ...
, puma, ''qucha'' lake) is a lake in
Peru
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located in
Laraos District
Laraos District is one of thirty-three districts of the province Yauyos in the Lima Region in Peru.
Elderly people in Laraos still speak an archaic Quechua dialect. As no more children speak the language, it is in imminent danger of extinction.
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Yauyos Province
The Yauyos Province is a Provinces of Peru, province located in the Lima Region of Peru. It is one of the eleven that make up that region.
Boundaries
*North: Huarochirí Province
*East: Junín Region, Huancavelica Region
*South: Ica Region
*West: ...
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Lima
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...
. It has an elevation of 4,388 m and about 2 km long.
Sima Pumaqucha which is considered the deepest cave in the
Andes
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Some Cave Statistics is located near the lake.
See also
* Qaqa Mach'ay
Qaqa Mach'ay (Quechua for "rock cave") is a limestone cave located in the Yauyos Province of the Lima Region in central Peru, high in the Andes Mountains that was explored and surveyed in 2004 by an international expedition. At 4,930m above sea lev ...
*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
Lakes of Peru
Lakes of Lima Region
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