The Ch'alla Jawira (

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''ch'alla'' sand, ''jawira'' river, "sand river", also spelled ''Challa Jahuira, Challajahuira'') which upstream is named Ch'api K'uchu and downstream successively is called Tupa Jawira and Qura Jawira is a river in the La Paz Department in

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. It is a right affluent of the Aqhuya Jawira whose waters flow to the Desaguadero River. Named Ch'api K'uchu ("thorn corner") the river originates in the southern part of the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range from intermittent streams named Negro Amaya and ''Marco Soruco'' at south of Wila Qullu in the

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, Waldo Ballivián Municipality. It has a south-eastern direction while it crosses the

Coro Coro Municipality Coro Coro Municipality is the first municipal section of the Pacajes Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Coro Coro. See also * Ch'alla Jawira * Janq'u Qalani * Muxsa Willk'i * Q'ilani References www.ine.gov.bo / ...

. The river flows along Janq'u Qalani where it receives the name Ch'alla Jawira. Near a mountain named Puki Tira it is named Tupa Jawira. Shortly before it receives waters from a left affluent named Wichhu Qullu it changes its name to Qura Jawira ''(Khora)''. Now Suni Jawira ("deserted river") which originates southwest of the source of Ch'alla Jawira and partly almost flows parallel to it joins the river as a right affluent. The confluence of the Ch'alla Jawira and the Aqhuya Jawira ''(Kheto)'' is south of

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(Patakamaya) in the

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, Patacamaya Municipality, at .

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