Qarwaqucha (

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 ...

''qarwa'' yellowish, ''qucha'' lake, hispanicized spelling ''Carhuacocha'') is a lake in

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

located in the

Junín Region Junín may refer to: Places Argentina * Junín Partido ** Junín, Buenos Aires *** Junín Airport * Junín Department, Mendoza ** Junín, Mendoza * Junín Department, San Luis * Junín de los Andes, Neuquén Colombia * Junín, Cundinamarca * ...

, Jauja Province,

Canchayllo District Canchayllo District is one of thirty-four districts of the Jauja Province in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital''. Retrieved April 11, 2008. Its seat is Canchayllo. Geography The district li ...

. It lies southeast of the peaks of Tunshu and Tukumach'ay and west of a lake named Wayllakancha ''(Huayllacancha)''. It belongs to the watershed of the Mantaro River. The Qarwaqucha dam was built in 1995. It is high. It was constructed by GUICONSA and is operated by Electroperú S.A.

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Lakes of Peru Lakes of the Department of Junín Dams in Peru Buildings and structures in the Department of Junín {{Junin-geo-stub

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