Ch'uxña Quta (Aymara ch'uxña green, quta lake,[1] "green lake", hispanicized spelling Chojna Kkota, Choiña Kkota) is a lake in the Apolobamba mountain range of Bolivia situated in the La Paz Department, Bautista Saavedra Province, Curva Municipality, Calaya Canton. It lies about 5,543 metres (18,186 ft) above sea level, 4 km northwest of the mountain Iskillani (Isquillani).
| Ch'uxña Quta | |
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  Ch'uxña Quta (Curva)  Ch'uxña Quta (Curva) | |
| Location | Bolivia, La Paz Department, Bautista Saavedra Province, Curva Municipality |
| Coordinates | 15°0′51″S 69°5′27″W / 15.01417°S 69.09083°W |
| Surface elevation | 5,543 m (18,186 ft) |
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Ch'uxña Quta gets waters from the mountain Ulla Qhaya east of it. This stream named Q'añuma Jawira ("dirty water river", Cañuma Jahuira, Cunuma Jahuira) also connects Ch'uxña Quta with the larger lake Janq'u Qala in the southwest. Afterwards it flows to Such'i River.[2][3][4]
See also
editReferences
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)
- ^ Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 Umanata 3040
- ^ "Curva". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ^ "South American Maps". lib.utexas.edu. Retrieved September 1, 2014. Detailed map of the area
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