Santa Cruz,[1][2][3] (called Yuraqmayu[4] or Yuracma[5][2] near its end) is a creek in Peru located in Santa Cruz District, Huaylas Province, Ancash.

[1] It originates in the Cordillera Blanca southwest of Taulliraju, near a lake named Tawlliqucha.

It flows from northeast to southwest through lakes Jatuncocha and Ichiccocha and passing by the village of Llamacorral, flanked by the mountains Pucajirca, Quitaraju and Santa Cruz in the north and by Sintiru, Artesonraju and Caraz in the south.

[6] The toponymy Yuraqmayu is of Quechua origin, possibly meaning: yuraq white, mayu river,[7] "white river".

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