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 ...
''katari'' a big viper, "snake river", hispanicized spelling ''Catari'') which upstream successively is named Jach'a Jawira, Colorado, Mani and then Colorado again is a river in the La Paz Department of
Bolivia
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, about 90 km long, southeast 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, ...
. It empties into Wiñaymarka Lake, the southern part of Lake Titicaca.
Course
Known as Jach'a Jawira (Aymara for "big river", also spelled ''Jachcha Jahuira'') it originates from various streams southwest of Qillqatiri at . At first its direction is to the northwest, then to the north and northeast, and then to the northwest again where it meets Lake Titicaca. The river crosses the municipalities of Colquencha (
Aroma Province
Aroma is one of the twenty provinces of the Bolivian La Paz Department. It is situated in the southern parts of the department. Its seat is Sica Sica (Sika Sika).
Location
Aroma province is located between 16° 43' and 17° 35' South and bet ...
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Comanche
The Comanche or Nʉmʉnʉʉ ( com, Nʉmʉnʉʉ, "the people") are a Native American tribe from the Southern Plains of the present-day United States. Comanche people today belong to the federally recognized Comanche Nation, headquartered in La ...
Pacajes
Pacajes is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Coro Coro.
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:Boliviam IGM map Rosario Hoja 5841-IV
The most important river of the province ...
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Viacha
Viacha is a city in Bolivia, situated in the Ingavi Province in the La Paz Department. Viacha lies in the Altiplano, 22 km southwest of La Paz. Transportation to and from the city includes cars, buses, and a train.
Economy
Viacha is hom ...
Pucarani
Pucarani (from Aymara language, Aymara Pukarani) is a small town in the La Paz Department, Bolivia, La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Pucarani Municipality, the first Municipalities of Bolivia, municipal section of the Los Andes ...
and Puerto Pérez ( Los Andes).
From Qillqatiri near its origin Jach'a Jawira flows along the peaks of Ananta, Waywasi Qullu ''(Huayhuasi Kkollu)'' and
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 ...
which lie on its right side. Near a mountain named Qullqincha ''(Colquencha)'' it takes the name Río Colorado (
Spanish
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for "colored river"). It receives waters from an intermittent stream called Sirk'i Sirk'ini ''(Sirki Sirkini)'', a right affluent, and it changes its name to Mani.
In Comanche the river turns to the north and gets the name Río Colorado again. Now there is a railroad on the left bank of the river. One of the affluents from the right is Ikiri ''(Hiquiri)''. Near the peak of Phuru Qullu ''(Foro Collu)'' it receives the name Katari. Shortly before reaching Koniri it gets waters from two streams coming from the west, Katari Jawira ("snake river", also spelled ''Catari Jahuira'') and Sunimuru Jawira ''(Sunimuro Jahuira)''.
Near Q'illani ''(Khellani)'' the river takes a northwestern direction and soon meets one of its most important tributaries, Pallina River, which upstream is named Jach'a Jawira ''(Jacha Jahuira)'', too. Its origin is at in a plain called Ch'alla Pampa ("sand plain", hispanicized ''Pampa Challa''), near Ch'alla Piñaya ''(Challapinaya)''. It surrounds the town of
Viacha
Viacha is a city in Bolivia, situated in the Ingavi Province in the La Paz Department. Viacha lies in the Altiplano, 22 km southwest of La Paz. Transportation to and from the city includes cars, buses, and a train.
Economy
Viacha is hom ...
and runs along Laja before it joins the Katari River.
The confluence of the Katari River with Lake Titicaca is in the bay of Aykachi in the Puerto Pérez Municipality, in the Aykachi Canton.