Q'ara Quta (
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 ...
''q'ara'' bare, bald, ''quta'' lake,
"bare lake", hispanicized spellings ''Karakota, Khara Khota, Khara Kkota, K'arakota'') is a lake on the western side of the
Cordillera Real of
Bolivia
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located in the
La Paz Department,
Los Andes Province,
Batallas Municipality
Batallas Municipality is the third municipal section of the Los Andes Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Batallas.
Geography
The Cordillera Real traverses the Batallas Municipality. Some of the highest mountains of ...
, Comunidad Alto Peñas. It lies north-west of the
Kunturiri massif, between the lakes Wichhu Quta (5 km) in the south-west and ''Khotia'' Quta and
Janq'u Quta in the north-east. The lakes are connected by
Jach'a Jawira, a river which originates near the mountain
Wila Lluxita
Wila Lluxita (Aymara ''wila'' blood, blood-red, ''lluxi'' shell of a mussel; landslide, ''-ta'' a suffix, also spelled ''Wila Luxita, Wila Llojeta, Huilallojeta'') is a mountain in the Andes. It is located in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia ...
and flows down to 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 ...
. Q'ara Quta is situated at a height of about 4,400 metres (14,400 ft), about 5 km long and 0,65 km at its widest point.
See also
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Phaq'u Kiwuta
Phaq'u Kiwuta (Aymara light brown, reddish, blond, dark chestnut, canine tooth or tusk, ''-ta'' a suffix, other spellings ''Pacokeuta, Paco Keuta, Pakokiuta, Pakokiwuta'') is a mountain in the Andes, about 5,589 m (18,337 ft) high. I ...
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Warawarani
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Wila Lluxi
Wila Lluxi (Aymara ''wila'' blood, blood-red, ''lluxi'' shell of a mussel; landslide, "red shell" or "red landslide", Hispanicized spellings ''Wila Lloje, Huilaroje'') is a mountain in the Andes, about 5,596 m (18,360 ft) high. It lies ...
External links
Batallas Municipality:population data and map
References
Lakes of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
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