Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...
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, ''qucha'' lake, hispanicized spelling ''Nahuincocha'') is a lake in
Peru
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Canchayllo District
Canchayllo District is one of thirty-four districts of the Jauja Province in Peru. Instituto Nacional de EstadÃstica e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital''. Retrieved April 11, 2008. Its seat is Canchayllo.
Geography
The district li ...
, northeast of the
Paryaqaqa
Pariacaca, Paria Caca'','' Paryaqaqa, Parya Qaqa, (possibly from Quechua ''parya'' reddish; copper; sparrow, ''qaqa'' rock) or Tullujuto (possibly from Quechua ''tullu'' bone, ''qutu'' heap, "bone heap") is the highest mountain in the Pariacaca ...
mountain range. The lake belongs to the watershed of the Mantaro River.
In 1995 the high Ñawinqucha dam was erected at the eastern end of the lake at . The dam is operated by Electroperu.