Chiñi Mayu

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Chiñi Mayu
River
Name origin: Quechua
Country Bolivia
Region Chuquisaca Department
Municipality Nor Cinti Province
Tributaries
 - left Parintaca, Nasa Q'ara, Ch'uru,
San Pedro
Coordinates 20°36′S65°9′W / 20.600°S 65.150°W / -20.600; -65.150 Coordinates: 20°36′S65°9′W / 20.600°S 65.150°W / -20.600; -65.150
Mouth Tumusla River

Chiñi Mayu (Quechua chiñi bat, mayu river, [1] "bat river", hispanicized spellings Chiñimayu, Chini Mayu) is a Bolivian river in the Chuquisaca Department, Nor Cinti Province, San Lucas Municipality and Camargo Municipality. [2] It belongs to the Pillku Mayu river basin. [3]

Bat Order of flying mammals

Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera; with their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more manoeuvrable than birds, flying with their very long spread-out digits covered with a thin membrane or patagium. The smallest bat, and arguably the smallest extant mammal, is Kitti's hog-nosed bat, which is 29–34 mm (1.14–1.34 in) in length, 15 cm (5.91 in) across the wings and 2–2.6 g (0.07–0.09 oz) in mass. The largest bats are the flying foxes and the giant golden-crowned flying fox, Acerodon jubatus, which can weigh 1.6 kg (4 lb) and have a wingspan of 1.7 m.

Bolivia country in South America

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.

Chuquisaca Department Place in Bolivia

Chuquisaca is a department of Bolivia located in the center south. It borders on the departments of Cochabamba, Tarija, Potosí, and Santa Cruz. The departmental capital is Sucre, which is also the constitutional capital of Bolivia.

Confluence of the river with Tumusla River south of Camargo Cordillera de Mochara.png
Confluence of the river with Tumusla River south of Camargo

Upstream in the Ocuri Canton, the river is called Churki. Its direction is mainly south west. Chiñi Mayu flows along the village of the same name. After having passed the town Camargo, it receives the name Camargo [4] before joining Tumusla River as a left tributary.

Camargo, Chuquisaca Place in Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia

Camargo is a small town in the Chuquisaca Department of Bolivia in the South American Andes.

Tumusla River river in Bolivia

The Tumusla River is a river of Bolivia in the Potosí Department as well as in the Chuquisaca Department. It gets waters from the Los Frailes and Chichas mountain ranges. Upstream the river is named Yura and Toropalca. Cotagaita, a right affluent, is its most important tributary.

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References

  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua (Quechua - Spanish dictionary)
  2. Camargo Municipality Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine .: population data and map
  3. Jorge Molina Carpio, Daniel Espinoza Romero, Balance hídrico superficial de la cuenca alta del río Pilcomayo, La Paz 2005 (Spanish)
  4. IRD, ihh, Análisis, crítica y tratamiento de los datos hidrométricos de la cuenca alta del río Pilcomayo disponibles aguas arriba de Misión La Paz (Argentina)