Jatun Mayu (

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''hatun, jatun'' big, great, ''mayu'' river, "great river") which upstream is called Tinkipaya is a

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n river in the

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, Tinkipaya Municipality, Tinkipaya Canton, north of

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. It is a left tributary of the upper Pillku Mayu.Jorge Molina Carpio, Daniel Espinoza Romero, Balance hídrico superficial de la cuenca alta del río Pilcomayo, La Paz 2005 (Spanish) The confluence is about 10 km south east of Tinkipaya.

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Rivers of Potosí Department {{Bolivia-river-stub

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