Khari Khari Lakes

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Khari Khari Lakes
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Looking northwest from the Khari Khari range towards Potosí with the Khari Khari Lakes in the foreground
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Khari Khari Lakes
Location Bolivia,
Potosí Department
Coordinates 19°36′26″S65°43′50″W / 19.60722°S 65.73056°W / -19.60722; -65.73056
Primary inflows San Ildefonso River
Location
Khari Khari Lakes

The Khari Khari Lakes (Quechua khari khari a thorny medical plant, a species of rubus, [1] hispanicized spellings Cari Cari, Kari Kari, Kari-Kari) are two closely connected artificial lakes, San Ildefonso and San Pablo (now integrated into San Ildefonso) situated in the Khari Khari mountain range of Bolivia. [2] [3] The lakes lie about 8 km east of Potosí in the Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Municipality, [4] northeast of the lakes named San Sebastián and Planilla which are also artificial lakes.

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References

  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  2. apemin.eu
  3. "aecid.bo" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
  4. Potosí Municipality: Archived 2016-05-30 at the Wayback Machine population data and map