Lake Allicocha (possibly from Quechua alli good, sane, qucha lake,Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua: alli - adj. Bueno, sano. qucha, qhucha, quchacha. - s. Laguna. Lago pequeño. qucha, qhucha. - s. Lago. Gran masa de agua en una depresión. "good lake" or "sane lake") is a lake in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru located in the Ancash Region, Asunción Province, Chacas District;http://escale.minedu.gob.pe/documents/10156/1367926/ugel_asuncion.pdf - UGEL map of Asuncion Province at a height of , 204 m long and 113 m at its widest point.Ministerio de Agricultura, Peru, Inventario de lagunas de la Cordillera Blanca, Huaraz 2011 Lake Allicocha lies southwest of Copa.
The shore of the lake is covered with quenual trees (Polylepis sp.) and shrubs and herbs like: ichu (Jarava ichu), shunqu shunqu (Stangea erikae), botoncillo (Werneria dactylophylla), lleqllish qora (Werneria nubigena), warqu (Austrocylindropuntia flocossa), rima rima (Krapfia weberbaueri) and taulli macho (Lupinus weberbaueri).
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