Jach'a Jawira (Caquiaviri)

Jach'a Jawira (Aymara jach'a big, jawira river,[1] "big river", also spelled Jachcha Jahuira) is a Bolivian river in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, Caquiaviri Municipality. It is a left tributary of the Desaguadero River.

This article is about the river in the Caquiaviri Municipality, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Jach'a Jawira.
Jach'a Jawira
EtymologyAymara
Location
CountryBolivia
RegionLa Paz Department,
Pacajes Province,
Caquiaviri Municipality
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationCaquiaviri Municipality
Mouth 
 • location
Caquiaviri Municipality
 • coordinates
16°57′45″S 68°47′15″W

Jach'a Jawira originates in the mountains near Caquiaviri. At first it flows to the northwest, then it turns to the west where it joins the Desaguaderdo River south of the village of Nasa Q'ara (Nazacara).[2][3][4]

See also

References
  1. Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  2. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Caquiaviri 5842-I
  3. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Supullullu 5843-II
  4. "Caquiaviri". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved December 9, 2014.


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