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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).
Apurímac River. The Apurímac River (Quechua: Apurimaq mayu IPA: [ˈapʊ ˈɾɪmaχ ˈmajʊ]; Spanish: río Apurímac, IPA: [ˈri.o apuˈɾimak]; from Quechua apu 'chief' and rimaq 'the one who speaks, oracle', thus 'the chief oracle') rises from glacial meltwater of the ridge of the Mismi, a 5,597-metre-high (18,363 ft) mountain in the Arequipa Province in the south-western mountain ranges ...
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 ...
The Quijos-Quichua (Napo-Quichua) are a Lowland Quechua (Runa Shimi) people, living in the basins of the Napo, Aguarico, San Miguel, and Putumayo river basins of Ecuador and Peru. In Ecuador they inhabit in the Napo Alto as well as the rivers Ansuy and Jatun Yacu, where they are also known as Quijos Quechua.
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.
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]
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 Mantaro River (Spanish: Río Mantaro, Quechua: Hatunmayu) is a long river running through the central region of Peru. Its Quechua name means "great river". The word "Mantaro" may be a word originally from the Asháninka language , who live downstream along the Ene River .