Wachwa (Quechua for 'Andean goose';Abdón Yaranga Valderrama: Diccionario Quechua-Español / Runa Simi-Español. Lima / Paris 2003: wachwa: Chloephaga melanoptera, syn. wallataPanoramio: Chloephaga melanoptera (Huachua)Informac SGRNMA al 31.12.07: huashua (Chloephga melanoptera), [...] huachua (Chloephaga melanoptera). Hispanicized spelling Huachhua) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Lima Region, Huarochiri Province, on the border of the districts of Carampoma and Chicla. Wachwa lies southwest of Ukrupata and Millpu and southeast of the lake named Wachwaqucha (Quechua for "Andean goose lake", Hispanicized and broken name Huachuguacocha).
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