Jach'a Jawira (Ingavi)

The Jach'a Jawira (Aymara jach'a big, great, jawira river,[1] "big river", also spelled Jachcha Jahuira) is a river in the La Paz Department of Bolivia, south of Wiñaymarka, the southern branch of Lake Titicaca. It is a tributary of the Desaguadero River.

This article is about the river in the Ingavi Province, La Paz Department. For other uses, see Jach'a Jawira.
Jach'a Jawira
EtymologyAymara
Location
CountryBolivia
RegionLa Paz Department
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationIngavi Province, Jesús de Machaca Municipality;Pacajes Province, Comanche Municipality
 • coordinates16°48′55″S 68°35′55″W
MouthDesaguadero River
 • location
Ingavi Province
 • coordinates
16°49′00″S 68°54′00″W
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • rightChuñu Jawira, Titiri, Chuqi Q'awa,
Qura Jawira, Qupa Jaqhi Jawira,
Chuqi Q'awa (Achuma)

It originates from the confluence of various streams and rivers at the border of the Ingavi Province, Jesús de Machaca Municipality, and the Pacajes Province, Comanche Municipality, southwest of the village of Chama. Some of these tributaries are Llallawa, Santa María, Wanq'uri and Ñiq'i Jawira ("mud river"). The direction of the Jach'a Jawira is mainly to the west.[2][3]

It flows along the southern slopes of the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range. Some of its affluents from the range are Chuñu Jawira, Titiri, Chuqi Q'awa, Qurani, Qupa Jaqhi Jawira and another river named Chuqi Q'awa (or Achuma).[4]

The Jach'a Jawira meets the Desaguadero River at the southern end of Awallamaya Lake, south of the village of Awallamaya in the Ingavi Province, Jesús de Machaca Municipality, Awallamaya Canton.[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. Bolivia 1:100,000, Puerto Guaqui 3137, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  3. "Jesús de Machaca". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016. (unnamed)
  4. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Sacacani 5843-I


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