Huayco
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A huayco or huaico is a Peru
vian term that refers to a flash flood
caused by torrential rain
s occurring high in the mountains, especially during the weather known as El Niño.
National forests such as the San Matías–San Carlos Protection Forest
were created in Peru to protect vegetation, which reduces runoff, and prevent huaycos.
The indigenous Mapuche
residents of Lo Barnechea
, in present-day Santiago Province, Chile
, were called Huaicoches in their Mapudungun language: Huaico (flash flood
) and che (people).
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
vian term that refers to a flash flood
Flash flood
A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic low-lying areas—washes, rivers, dry lakes and basins. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a storm, hurricane, or tropical storm or meltwater from ice or snow flowing over ice sheets or snowfields...
caused by torrential rain
Rain
Rain is liquid precipitation, as opposed to non-liquid kinds of precipitation such as snow, hail and sleet. Rain requires the presence of a thick layer of the atmosphere to have temperatures above the melting point of water near and above the Earth's surface...
s occurring high in the mountains, especially during the weather known as El Niño.
National forests such as the San Matías–San Carlos Protection Forest
San Matías–San Carlos Protection Forest
The San Matías–San Carlos Protection Forest ' is a national forest situated in Pasco Region, Peru. It is a forest set aside to preserve the soils and to protect infrastructure, towns, and agricultural grounds against the effects of the water erosion, huaycos, streams or floods...
were created in Peru to protect vegetation, which reduces runoff, and prevent huaycos.
The indigenous Mapuche
Mapuche
The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. They constitute a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Their influence extended...
residents of Lo Barnechea
Lo Barnechea
Lo Barnechea is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It is home to some of Chile's fanciest neighborhoods comparable to Beverly Hills and River Oaks...
, in present-day Santiago Province, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, were called Huaicoches in their Mapudungun language: Huaico (flash flood
Flash flood
A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic low-lying areas—washes, rivers, dry lakes and basins. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a storm, hurricane, or tropical storm or meltwater from ice or snow flowing over ice sheets or snowfields...
) and che (people).