Rocha River or Kunturillu River (Quechua kunturillu black and white,[1][2] Hispanicized spelling Condorillo, also Kundurillu, Kunturillo)[3] which upstream is called Mayllanku (Maylanco) is a Bolivian river in the Cochabamba Department, Quillacollo Province.[4] From the point of the confluence with the Arque River the river is called Caine River.
| Rocha | |
|---|---|
 A bridge across the Rocha River (in the middle) in Quillacollo | |
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| Native name | Kunturillu (Quechua) |
| Location | |
| Country | Bolivia |
| Region | Cochabamba Department |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Caine River |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Pukara Mayu |
| • right | Tapacari River, Ch'aki Mayu, Wiluma, Chilla, Tupuraya |
The river owes its present name to Captain Martín de la Rocha who diverted the river in 1565.
Gallery
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Map of Cochabamba showing Rocha River as it flows west from Sacaba to Quillacollo and then turning to the south -
Rocha River
See also
editSources and notes
edit- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ^ Note: Black and white like the bird condor (Quechua: kuntur)
- ^ cocha-banner.org Cultural Corner - The River Rocha or Kundurillu (in Spanish and in English)
- ^ contraloria.gob.bo[permanent dead link] Map of the Rocha River basin
- lib.utexas.edu Detailed map of the area
- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
17°42′10″S 66°14′45″W / 17.7028°S 66.2458°W