Kachi Mayu (Quechua kachi salt, mayu river,[1] "salt river", hispanicized spelling Cachi Mayu) is a Bolivian river east of Poopó Lake in the Oruro Department, Challapata Province, Challapata Municipality. Its source, the Jach'a Juqhu River, is considered the origin of the Pillku Mayu.[2]
| Kachi Mayu | |
|---|---|
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| Etymology | Quechua |
| Location | |
| Country | Bolivia |
| Region | Oruro Department |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Andes |
| • location | Condo "C" Canton, Oruro Department |
| • coordinates | 19°20′S 66°20′W / 19.333°S 66.333°W |
| • elevation | 4,600 m (15,100 ft) |
| Mouth | Pillku Mayu |
• location | Potosí Department, Urmiri Municipality |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Pupusa Pallqa, Waylla Wint'u, Phaq'u Q'awa |
| • right | Castilla Chita, Qullpa Jawira |
The Jach'a Juqhu River (Aymara jach'a big, great, juqhu muddy place,[1] "great muddy place", hispanicized Jachcha Jokho) originates in the Sebastián Pagador Province (which is identical to the Santiago de Huari Municipality), Condo "C" Canton[3][4] at a height of 4,600 m south west of the mountain Wila Qullu. It flows in a northeastern direction. Southwest of the village of T'ula Pallqa the Jach'a Juqhu River meets Pupusa Pallqa River. Now the river successively receives the names T'ula Pallqa, Aguas Calientes and Kachi Mayu. From the point of the confluence with the Ch'illawa River, already in the Potosí Department, Urmiri Municipality, the river gets the name Pillku Mayu.
There is another river of the same name, Kachi Mayu in the Oropeza Province of the Chuquisaca Department, which is a left tributary of the Pillku Mayu.
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References
edit- ^ a b 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)
- ^ Jorge Molina Carpio, Daniel Espinoza Romero, Balance hídrico superficial de la cuenca alta del río Pilcomayo, La Paz 2005 (Spanish)
- ^ lib.utexas.edu Map showing Jach'a Juqhu River from the origin
- ^ Santiago de Huari Municipality: Archived 2014-10-16 at the Wayback Machine population data and map showing Jach'a Juqhu River
