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Lawriqucha River (Huánuco Quechua lawri bluish, [1] Quechua qucha lake, lagoon, [2] "bluish lake", hispanicized spelling Lauricocha) is a river in the Huánuco Region in Peru. It belongs to the watershed of the Marañón River. The river is named after the lake Lawriqucha or Lauricocha.
Quechua has partnerships with groups such as mountain guides, national team of young mountaineers and the Ifremmont Institute of Mountain Medical Research.It works with advisers in hiking (Hélène Rochas, Grégory Vollet, Vincent Delebarre, Dachhiri Sherpa), climbing (David Caude), and adventure racing (Quechua Team).
The Gran Chaco or Dry Chaco is a sparsely populated, hot and semiarid lowland tropical dry broadleaf forest natural region of the Río de la Plata basin, divided among eastern Bolivia, western Paraguay, northern Argentina, and a portion of the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, where it is connected with the Pantanal region.
Quechua woman with llamas in the Department of Cuzco Girl, wearing indigenous clothing, with llama near Plaza de Armas in Cusco. Quechua people cultivate and eat a variety of foods. They domesticated potatoes, which originated in the region, and cultivated thousands of potato varieties, which are used for food and medicine. Climate change is ...
Vilcabamba or Espiritu Pampa is located near the Chontabamba River, a tributary of the Urubamba River. [9] The Inca capital has often been referred to as Vilcabamba the Old to distinguish it from the town of Vilcabamba the New, of Spanish origin and 35 kilometres (22 miles) in straight-line distance southwest of Old Vilcabamba. [10] [11]
Rocha River or Kunturillu River (Quechua kunturillu black and white, [1] [2] Hispanicized spelling Condorillo, also Kundurillu, Kunturillo) [3] which upstream is called Mayllanku (Maylanco) is a Bolivian river in the Cochabamba Department, Quillacollo Province. [4] From the point of the confluence with the Arque River the river is called Caine ...
Queshuachaca [Note 1] (from Cuzco Quechua q’ichwa chaka 'straw-rope bridge', Quechua pronunciation: [q’es.wa cha.ka]) is the last remaining Inca rope bridge, consisting of grass ropes that span the Apurímac River near Huinchiri, in Quehue District, Canas Province, Peru.
The Hatun Wayq'u (Quechua hatun big, wayq'u brook or valley, [1] [2] "big brook (or valley)", hispanicized spellings Hatunhuaico, Jatunhuayco) which downstream successively is named T'uruyunka (Toroyunca) and Chuqisayra (Choquesayra) is a river in Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, Vilcabamba District.