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Lake Lauricocha

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which rises to elevations of more than 6,000 metres (20,000 ft). The lake has a surface elevation of 3,856 metres (12,651 ft) and has an east-west orientation. It is 7 kilometres (4 mi) long, 1.5 kilometres (1 mi) wide and has an average depth of 75 metres (246 ft) The lake
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Fehren-Schmitz; L, Llamas, B.; Lindauer, S.; et al (2015), "A Re-Appraisal of Early Andean Human Remains from Lauricocha in Peru,"
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Enock, Reginald (1905), "The Ruins of 'Huanuco Viejo' or Old Huanuco, with Notes on an Expedition to the Upper Marañon,"
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Loureiro Dias, Camila (July 2012), "Jesuit Maps and Political Discourse: The Amazon River of Father Samuel Fritz",
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Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005:
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Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary):
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Lake Lauricocha and the hamlet of Lauricocha at the outlet of the lake.
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The Lauricocha River flows out of the lake. A hamlet also called
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is near the outlet of the lake. A stone bridge dating from the
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The predominant species of fish in the lake is the introduced
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For the lake in the Ancash Region Region, Peru, see
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Lago Lauricocha
Lawriqucha (Ancash)
Lake Lauricocha is located in Peru

10°19′00″S 76°42′00″W / 10.31667°S 76.70000°W / -10.31667; -76.70000
Basin
Huánuco Quechua
Quechua
lake
Andes
Peru
Huánuco Region
glacial
Raura mountain range
Cordillera Huayhuash
Lauricocha River
Samuel Fritz
Marañón River
Amazon River
source of the Amazon
Lauricocha
Inca Empire
Inca road system
Cuzco
Quito
Ecuador
Lauricocha cave

rainbow trout
tinamous

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