The Jach'a Jawira (Aymara jach'a big, great, jawira river,[1] "big river", also spelled Jachcha Jahuira) which upstream is named Wanun Jawira and downstream successively is called Sasari and Qullpa Jawira is a river in the Aroma Province in the La Paz Department of Bolivia.
| Jach'a Jawira | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Etymology | Aymara |
| Location | |
| Country | Bolivia |
| Region | La Paz Department, Aroma Province |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Patacamaya Municipality |
| • coordinates | 17°10′43″S 67°49′33″W / 17.17861°S 67.82583°W |
| Mouth | |
• location | Patacamaya Municipality, Sica Sica Municipality |
• coordinates | 17°21′55″S 67°51′03″W / 17.36528°S 67.85083°W |
Known as Wanun Jawira ("the river with dung", also spelled Wanun Jahuira) it originates northeast of Chullunkäni in the Patacamaya Municipality. After the confluence with other intermittent streams southeast of Chullunkhäni it receives the name Jach'a Jawira. Its direction is mainly to the southwest. South of the village of Pusuta it is named Sasari.[2][3] In the Sica Sica Municipality west of Chijmuni (Chhijmuni) the river turns to the southeast. Now it is called Qullpa Jawira ("salpeter river", Kollpajahuira). The river seeps away south of Chijmuni at the border of the municipalities of Patacamaya and Sica Sica.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ 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)
- ^ IGM Bolivia 1:50,000, Patacamaya 6042-III
- ^ "Patacamaya". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ^ IGM Bolivia 1:50,000, Chijmuni 6041-IV
- ^ "Sica Sica". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on February 25, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
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