Janq'u Uma (
Aymara
Aymara may refer to:
Languages and people
* Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language
** Aymara language, the main language within that family
** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...
''janq'u'' white, ''uma'' water,
"white water", also spelled ''Ccancouma, Janjouma'') is a mountain in the north of the
Apolobamba mountain range in the
Andes
The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...
of
Peru
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, about high. It is located in the
Puno Region
Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusc ...
,
Sandia Province,
Cuyocuyo District. Janq'u Uma lies northwest of the mountain
Wilaquta, northeast of
Qurwari and southwest of
Utkhuqaqa. Two little streams named Janq'u Uma ''(Janjouma)'' and Qullqipirwa ''(Jolljepirhua)'' originate west and east of the mountain. They flow to the river Lawa Lawani which runs to the north.
[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Sandia Province (Puno Region)] It belongs to the watershed of the
Inambari River
The Inambari River in southeastern Peru flows from the Cordillera Apolobamba in the Andes to the Madre de Dios River. The river spans the Puno
Puno ( Aymara and ) is a city in southeastern Peru, located on the shore of Lake Titicaca. It is t ...
.
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See also
* Liqiliqini
References
Mountains of the Department of Puno
Four-thousanders of the Andes
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