Rocha River
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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
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Rocha River
See also
Sources and notes
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- ↑ 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.boScript error: No such module "Unsubst". Map of the Rocha River basin
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- lib.utexas.edu Detailed map of the area
- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
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