Kachi Mayu (
Quechua ''kachi'' salt, ''mayu'' river,
"salt river", hispanicized spelling ''Cachi Mayu'') is a
Bolivia
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n river east of
Poopó Lake Poopó may refer to:
* Poopó Lake, Oruro, Bolivia
* Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
* Poopó Municipality
Poopó Municipality is the first municipal section of the Poopó Province in the Oruro Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Poopó.
Ge ...
in the
Oruro Department,
Challapata Province, Challapata Municipality. Its source, the Jach'a Juqhu River, is considered the origin of the
Pillku Mayu.
The Jach'a Juqhu River (
Aymara ''jach'a'' big, great, ''juqhu'' muddy place,
[ "great muddy place", hispanicized ''Jachcha Jokho'') originates in the ]Sebastián Pagador Province
Sebastián Pagador is a province in the southeastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro. Its seat is Santiago de Huari.
Location
Sebastián Pagador province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 18° ...
(which is identical to the Santiago de Huari Municipality), Condo "C" CantonSantiago de Huari Municipality:
population data and map showing Jach'a Juqhu River at a height of 4,600 m south west of the mountain
Wila Qullu. It flows in a northeastern direction. Southwest of the village of T'ula Pallqa the Jach'a Juqhu River meets Pupusa Pallqa River. Now the river successively receives the names T'ula Pallqa, Aguas Calientes and Kachi Mayu. From the point of the confluence with the Ch'illawa River, already in the Potosí Department,
Urmiri Municipality
Urmiri Municipality is the third municipal section of the Tomás Frías Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia
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, the river gets the name Pillku Mayu.
There is another river of the same name,
Kachi Mayu in the
Oropeza Province
Oropeza is a province in the Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Sucre which is also the constitutional capital of Bolivia and the capital of the Chuquisaca Department.
Geography
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of the
Chuquisaca Department, which is a left tributary of the Pillku Mayu.
See also
*
Ch'iyar Jaqhi
*
List of rivers of Bolivia
This is a list of rivers in Bolivia.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Rivers longer than are in bold.
Rivers that reach the ocean Amazon Basin
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References
Kachi Mayu, Oruro
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