The Sinqa Wayq'u (

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''sinqa'' nose, ''wayq'u'' brook or valley, "nose brook (or valley)", Hispanicized spelling ''Senjahuayjo'') which upstream successively is named Urqulla Wayq'u ''(Orjollahuayjo)'', Ancha Pallqa ''(Anchapallja)'', Wankarama ''(Huancarama)'' and Waraqu ''(Huarajo)'' is a river in the

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. It is located in the Chumbivilcas Province, Santo Tomás District. It belongs to the watershed of the Apurímac River. The Sinqa Wayq'u originates at a height of near a mountain named Puka Puka in the south of the Santo Tomás District. Known as Urqulla Wayq'u it flows to a lake named Quchapata ''(Ccochapata)'' in the northeast. After leaving the lake it changes its name to Ancha Pallqa, and after receiving waters from Pallqa Wayq'u ''(Palljahuajo)'' it is named Wankarama. The river keeps the northeastern direction up to its confluence with the Waraqu River (''waraqu'' means "cactus"). From now on the river takes the name Waraqu and its direction is to the north. At the confluence with the Qurawat'amayu ("herb island river", ''Curahuatamayo''), a right affluent, it receives the name Sinq'a Wayq'u. The river keeps the name until its confluence with the

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near the village of Ch'illiwani ''(Chillihuani)''.

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