Laq'a Jawira (
Aymara ''laq'a'' earth (soil), ''jawira'' river,
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''Jawira'' (s.) ''Río con o sin agua.'' "earth river"; hispanicized spellings: ''Laca Jahuira / Lacajahuira'') is a river in Bolivia
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which runs from Lake Poopó
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Lake Poopó ( es, Lago Poopó ) was a large saline lake in a shallow depression in the Altiplano Mountains in Oruro Department, Bolivia, at an altitude of approximately . Because the lake was long and wide (), it made up the eastern ...
. Its length is entirely within the territory of Oruro Department.
It runs from the extreme south-west of the lake, and heads west-south-west. It has a length of 135 kilometres, after which it is lost in the salar de Coipasa
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Lago Coipasa or Salar de Coipasa is a lake in Sabaya Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 3657 m, its surface area is 806 km². It is on the western part of Altiplano, 20 km north of Salar de Uyuni and south ...
.
Its waters are salty at the point at which it meets the lake.
See also
*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
*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
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