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 ...
''jach'a'' big, great, ''jawira'' river, "great river", hispanicized spellings ''Jacha Jahuira, Jachcha Jahuira'') which downstream is named Japha Jawira is a
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
n river east of
Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca (; ; ) 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. Titicaca is the largest lake in South America, both in terms of the volume of ...
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 ...
Titicaca
Lake Titicaca (; ; ) 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. Titicaca is the largest lake in South America, both in terms of the volume of ...
via the Qiqa Jawira.
The river originates in the Cordillera Real from the confluence of streams from Jach'a Pata,
Janq'u Uyu
Janq'u Uyu ( Aymara ''janq'u'' white, ''uyu'' yard for livestock, "white yard", Hispanicized spelling ''Jankho Huyo, Janko Huyo'') is a mountain in the Andes, about 5,512 m (18,084 ft) high, located in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia ...
,
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 i ...
and Qulin Tuqu near a lake named Janq'u Quta. At first it flows in a southwestern direction connecting the lakes named Janq'u Quta, Quta Thiya, Q'ara Quta and Jichu Quta. After leaving Q'ara Quta it flows almost parallel to the nearby Surikiña River south of it. East of Peñas it turns to the northwest. Southeast of Achacachi it unifies with the Qiqa Jawira which reaches Lake Titicaca northwest of the town near the mouth of the Ch'iyar Juqhu River.