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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
Native nameKunturillu  (Quechua)
Location
CountryBolivia
RegionCochabamba Department
Physical characteristics
MouthCaine River
Basin features
Tributaries 
  leftPukara Mayu
  rightTapacari River, Ch'aki Mayu,
Wiluma, Chilla, Tupuraya

The river whose original name is Kunturillu owes its present name to Captain Martín de la Rocha who diverted the river in 1565.




See also



Sources and notes


  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. Note: Black and white like the bird condor (Quechua: kuntur)
  3. cocha-banner.org Cultural Corner - The River Rocha or Kundurillu (in Spanish and in English)
  4. contraloria.gob.bo[permanent dead link] Map of the Rocha River basin



На других языках


[de] Río Rocha

Der Río Rocha ist einer der Quellflüsse des Río Caine und somit des Río Grande in Bolivien.
- [en] Rocha River

[es] Río Rocha

El río Rocha es un río amazónico boliviano, un afluente que forma parte del curso alto del río Grande.

[it] Rocha (fiume)

Il Rocha (in spagnolo Río Rocha) è un fiume della Bolivia che scorre nel Dipartimento di Cochabamba. Nasce dalla confluenza dei fiumi Tintaya e Tapacari e da questo punto il fiume scorre in direzione sud-est, fino ad unirsi al fiume Arque per formare il Caine. Ha una lunghezza totale di 115 chilometri.



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