Qullpa Jawira (
Aymara ''qullpa''
saltpeter, ''jawira'' river, "saltpeter river", hispanicized spelling ''Kollpa Jahuira'') is a
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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.
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in the
Oruro Department,
Challapata Province, Challapata Municipality, and in the
Santiago de Huari Municipality (which is identical to the Sebastián Pagador Province). It originates near
Ch'iyar Jaqhi northeast of
Jatun Wila Qullu
Jatun Wila Qullu (Quechua ''jatun, hatun'' big, great, Aymara ''wila'' red or blood, ''qullu'' mountain, "great red mountain", hispanicized spelling ''Jatun Wila Kkollu, Jatun Willa Kollu'') is a mountain in the Andes in Bolivia, about 5,214&nbs ...
and flows in a north-eastern direction. South of
Wila Qullu it meets the T'ula Pallqa River whose source, the
Jach'a Juqhu River, is considered the origin of the
Pillku Mayu.
[Jorge Molina Carpio, Daniel Espinoza Romero, Balance hídrico superficial de la cuenca alta del río Pilcomayo, La Paz 2005 (Spanish)]
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
Rivers of Oruro Department
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