Yuraq Yuraq

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Yuraq Yuraq
Highest point
Elevation 4,920 m (16,140 ft)
Coordinates 19°38′33″S65°39′12″W / 19.64250°S 65.65333°W / -19.64250; -65.65333 Coordinates: 19°38′33″S65°39′12″W / 19.64250°S 65.65333°W / -19.64250; -65.65333  
Geography
Location Bolivia
Potosí Department
Parent range Andes, Khari Khari mountain range

Yuraq Yuraq (Quechua yuraq white, [1] the reduplication indicates there is a complex or a group of something, "white complex", or yuraq yuraq common name of Gochnatia boliviana , [2] also spelled Yuraj Yuraj) is a mountain in the Khari Khari mountain range of the Bolivian Andes, about 4,920 m (16,142  ft) high. [3] It is situated southeast of Potosí in the Potosí Department. Yuraq Yuraq lies southeast of Illimani and northeast of Q'illu Urqu. [4]

Reduplication in linguistics is a morphological process in which the root or stem of a word or even the whole word is repeated exactly or with a slight change.

<i>Gochnatia</i> genus of plants

Gochnatia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae. It is named for botanist Frédéric Karl Gochnat. The genus contains mainly shrubs and subshrubs, with a few trees and herbs. All of the species are native to the American tropics. Two species native to the mountains of Southeast Asia and formerly included here are now separated as the genus Leucomeris in subfamily Wunderlichioideae.

Potosí mountain range Mountain range in Bolivia

The Potosí mountain range in Bolivia is situated east and southeast of the city of Potosí. It is at least 25 km long stretching from north to south. Its highest mountain is Khunurana (Anaruyu) rising up to 5,071 m (16,637 ft). The features of the range are considered the product of volcanic activity known as the Khari Khari caldera. The caldera is about 40 km long and 25 km at its widest point.

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Yuraq Urqu may refer to:

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Yuraq Q'asa is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 4,320 m (14,170 ft). It is located in the Potosí Department, at the border of the Antonio Quijarro Province, Porco Municipality, and the Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Municipality. The Misk'i Mayu flows along its eastern slope. It is a left tributary of the Jatun Mayu.

Yuraq Kancha may refer to:

Yuraq Yaku may refer to:

References

  1. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. ↑ Susana Arrázola Rivero, Margoth Atahuachi, Edwin Saravia, Alvaro Lopez, Diversidad florística medicinal y potencial Etnofarmacológico de las plantas de los valles secos de Cochabamba - Bolivia, p. 72 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Evelio Echevarría, Cordillera de Potosí, Bolivia, The Alpine Journal, 1995
  4. ↑ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 6435-II-1 Potosí (Este)


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