The Jach'a Jawira (
Aymara
Aymara may refer to:
Languages and people
* Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language
** Aymara language, the main language within that family
** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...
''jach'a'' big, great, ''jawira'' river,
[ "big river", also spelled ''Jachcha Jahuira'') is a river in the La Paz Department of Bolivia, south of Wiñaymarka, the southern branch of ]Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca (; es, Lago Titicaca ; qu, Titiqaqa Qucha) is a large freshwater lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. By volume of water and by surface area, i ...
. It is a tributary of the Desaguadero River.
It originates from the confluence of various streams and rivers at the border of the Ingavi Province
Ingavi is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. This is where the Battle of Ingavi occurred on November 18, 1841 and where the World Heritage Site of Tiwanaku is situated.
During the presidency of Eliodoro Villazón the province was f ...
, Jesús de Machaca Municipality
Jesús de Machaca Municipality is the sixth municipal section of the Ingavi Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It was created by Law No. 2351 on May 7, 2002, during the presidency of Jorge Quiroga Ramírez. Its seat is Jesús de M ...
, and the Pacajes Province, Comanche Municipality, southwest of the village of Chama. Some of these tributaries are Llallawa, Santa María, Wanq'uri and Ñiq'i Jawira ("mud river"). The direction of the Jach'a Jawira is mainly to the west.[
It flows along the southern slopes of the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range. Some of its affluents from the range are Chuñu Jawira, Titiri, Chuqi Q'awa, Qurani, Qupa Jaqhi Jawira and another river named ]Chuqi Q'awa
Chuqi Q'awa (Aymara ''chuqi'' gold, ''q'awa'' little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth, "gold brook" or "gold ravine", Hispanicized spelling ''Choque Khaua'') is a mountain in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes ...
(or Achuma).[Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Sacacani 5843-I]
The Jach'a Jawira meets the Desaguadero River at the southern end of Awallamaya Lake, south of the village of Awallamaya in the Ingavi Province
Ingavi is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. This is where the Battle of Ingavi occurred on November 18, 1841 and where the World Heritage Site of Tiwanaku is situated.
During the presidency of Eliodoro Villazón the province was f ...
, Jesús de Machaca Municipality
Jesús de Machaca Municipality is the sixth municipal section of the Ingavi Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It was created by Law No. 2351 on May 7, 2002, during the presidency of Jorge Quiroga Ramírez. Its seat is Jesús de M ...
, Awallamaya Canton.[
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References
Rivers of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
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