Malla 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 ...
''malla''
lead
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, ''jawira'' river, "lead river", Hispanicized spelling ''Malla Jahuira'') is a river in the
La Paz Department in
Bolivia. It is a right tributary of the Luribay River whose waters flow to the
La Paz River.
Malla Jawira originates near the mountain
León Jiwata of the
Kimsa Cruz mountain range in the
Loayza Province,
Malla Municipality. At first it flows to the southwest along the mountains named
P'iq'iñ Q'ara and
Malla Qullu, the little town of Malla and
Qillqata where it turns to the northwest. Some of its affluents from the right are Wila Jawira and Jach'a K'uchu Jawira. The confluence with the Luribay River is within the
Luribay Municipality near Wila Qura ''(Vilacora)'', north of Luribay.
References
Rivers of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
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