Ch'alla Jawira (Ingavi)

The Ch'alla Jawira (Aymara ch'alla sand, jawira river,[1] "sand river", also spelled Challa Jahuira) is a river in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is a left tributary of the Tiwanaku River which empties into Wiñaymarka Lake, the southern part of Lake Titicaca.

Ch'alla Jawira
EtymologyAymara
Location
CountryBolivia
RegionLa Paz Department, Ingavi Province
Physical characteristics
SourceAndes
  locationTiwanaku Municipality
MouthTiwanaku River
  location
Tiwanaku Municipality
  coordinates
16°32′52″S 68°41′20″W

The Ch'alla Jawira originates from various intermittent streams of the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range northeast, north and northwest of the peak of Kimsa Chata in the Ingavi Province, Tiwanaku Municipality. Its direction is mainly to the north. The confluence with the Tiwanaku River is northwest of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Tiwanaku at 16°32′52″S 68°41′20″W.[2][3]

References

  1. Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  2. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Tiahuanacu 5844-II
  3. "Tiawanacu". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2016. (unnamed)


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