Q'ara Quta (
Aymara ''q'ara'' bare, bald, ''quta'' lake,
"bare lake", Hispanicized spellings ''Karakota, Khara Khota, Khara Kkota, K'arakota'') is a lake on the western side of the
Cordillera Real of
Bolivia
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located in the
La Paz Department,
Los Andes Province,
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 ...
, Comunidad Alto Peñas. It lies north-west of the
Kunturiri massif, between the lakes Wichhu Quta (5 km) in the south-west and ''Khotia'' Quta and
Janq'u Quta in the north-east. The lakes are connected by
Jach'a Jawira, a river which originates near the mountain
Wila Lluxita and flows down to Lake
Titicaca. Q'ara Quta is situated at a height of about 4,400 metres (14,400 ft), about 5 km long and 0,65 km at its widest point.
See also
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Phaq'u Kiwuta
Phaq'u Kiwuta (Aymara language, Aymara light brown, reddish, blond, dark chestnut, canine tooth or tusk, ''-ta'' a suffix, other spellings ''Pacokeuta, Paco Keuta, Pakokiuta, Pakokiwuta'') is a mountain in the Andes, about 5,589 m (18,337& ...
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Warawarani
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Wila Lluxi
External links
Batallas Municipality:population data and map
References
Lakes of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
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