Hatun Wayq'u

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. It belongs to the watershed of the Apurímac River,[3][4] the source of the Amazon River.

Hatun Wayq'u
EtymologyQuechua
Location
CountryPeru
RegionCusco Region
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationVilcabamba District
 • coordinates13°12′13″S 73°03′28″W
 • elevation4,700 m (15,400 ft)
MouthApurímac River
 • location
Chungui District, Vilcabamba District
 • coordinates
13°07′00″S 73°26′55″W

Hatun Wayq'u originates from various streams north and northeast of the peak of Suyruqucha at heights of approximately 4,700 m (15,400 ft). Its direction is mainly to the northwest. It receives waters from a stream named Ñañu Wayq'u ("thin brook"), a left tributary which originates north of a mountain named Ñañu Wayq'u, and from another stream which is also named Hatun Wayq'u or Qullaqucha brook (Collacocha), later called T'utura (Totora), as a left affluent.

This westernmore stream, Hatun Wayq'u or Qullaqucha, originates northeast of P'anta near 13°13′24″S 73°05′08″W. One of its left affluents is Chawpi Wayq'u ("central brook", Chaupehuaico), also known as Muñaqucha brook (Muñacocha) which originates north of Asulqucha.

Hatun Wayq'u is a right tributary of the Apurímac River. On its way it flows along Parquy, a little populated place, and Parquyqucha ("irrigation lake"). The peaks of P'anta, Asulqucha, Chuqisapra and Sut'uq Mach'ay successively appear on the left side. The confluence with the Apurímac River is on the border of the Ayacucho Region, La Mar Province, Chungui District, and the Vilcabamba District.

References
  1. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Convención Province 1 (Cusco Region)
  4. Ernst Spiess: Die Panta-Karte der SAC-Expedition in die Cordillera Vilcabamba (Peru), Cartographica Helvetica, Heft 28, Juli 2003


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