| Ch'alla Jawira | |
| River | |
| Name origin: Aymara | |
| Country | Bolivia |
|---|---|
| Region | La Paz Department |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Wichhu Qullu River |
| - right | Suni Jawira |
| Source | Andes |
| - location | Pacajes Province, Waldo Ballivián Municipality |
| - coordinates | 17°07′50″S68°16′57″W / 17.13056°S 68.28250°W |
| Mouth | Aqhuya Jawira |
| - location | Aroma Province, Patacamaya Municipality |
| - coordinates | 17°20′10″S68°16′57″W / 17.33611°S 68.28250°W Coordinates: 17°20′10″S68°16′57″W / 17.33611°S 68.28250°W |
The Ch'alla Jawira (Aymara ch'alla sand, jawira river, [1] "sand river", also spelled Challa Jahuira, Challajahuira) which upstream is named Ch'api K'uchu [2] and downstream successively is called Tupa Jawira and Qura Jawira is a river in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is a right affluent of the Aqhuya Jawira whose waters flow to the Desaguadero River. [2] [3]
Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over one million speakers. Aymara, along with Spanish, is one of the official languages of Bolivia and parts of Peru. It is also spoken, to a much lesser extent, by some communities in northern Chile, where it is a recognized minority language.
The La Paz Department of Bolivia comprises 133,985 square kilometres (51,732 sq mi) with a 2012 census population of 2,706,359 inhabitants. It is situated at the western border of Bolivia, sharing Lake Titicaca with adjacent Peru. It contains the Cordillera Real, which reaches altitudes of 6.6 kilometers (4.1 mi). Northeast of the Cordillera Real are the Yungas, the steep eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains that make the transition to the Amazon River basin to the northeast. The capital of the department is the city of La Paz and is the administrative city and seat of government/national capital of Bolivia.
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia is a landlocked country located in western-central South America. The capital is Sucre while the seat of government and financial center is located in La Paz. The largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located on the Llanos Orientales a mostly flat region in the east of Bolivia.
Named Ch'api K'uchu ("thorn corner") the river originates in the southern part of the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range from intermittent streams named Negro Amaya and Marco Soruco at 17°07′50″S68°16′57″W / 17.13056°S 68.28250°W south of Wila Qullu in the Pacajes Province, Waldo Ballivián Municipality. [4] It has a south-eastern direction while it crosses the Coro Coro Municipality. The river flows along Janq'u Qalani where it receives the name Ch'alla Jawira. Near a mountain named Puki Tira it is named Tupa Jawira. Shortly before it receives waters from a left affluent named Wichhu Qullu it changes its name to Qura Jawira (Khora). Now Suni Jawira ("deserted river") which originates southwest of the source of Ch'alla Jawira and partly almost flows parallel to it joins the river as a right affluent. The confluence of the Ch'alla Jawira and the Aqhuya Jawira (Kheto) is south of Patacamaya (Patakamaya) in the Aroma Province, Patacamaya Municipality, at 17°20′10″S67°54′30″W / 17.33611°S 67.90833°W . [3] [5] [6]
The Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range is situated in Bolivia south east of Wiñaymarka Lake, the southern part of Lake Titicaca, in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province. The range is named after one of highest mountains, the Kimsa Chata complex rising up to 4,735 metres (15,535 ft) about 15 km south of Tiwanaku.
Wila Qullu is a 4,658-metre-high (15,282 ft) mountain in the southern part of the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, Waldo Ballivián Municipality. This is where the Ch'alla Jawira originates. Its waters flow to the Desaguadero River.
Pacajes is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Coro Coro.
