Imbabura Province
Yawarkucha or Yawar Kucha (Kichwa "yawar" blood, "kucha" lake, "blood lake"), hispanicized spellings "Yaguarcocha, Yahuarcocha") is a lake in Ecuador located in the eastern outskirts of the city of Ibarra in Imbabura Province, Ibarra Canton. The lake is about long and wide and has an elevation of above sea level. The lake was formed from glacial meltwater about 10,000 BCE.