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Jach'a Jawira (Caquiaviri)

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

Jach'a Jawira (Aymara jach'a big, jawira river, "big river", also spelled Jachcha Jahuira) is a Bolivian river in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, Caquiaviri Municipality. It is a left tributary of the Desaguadero River. Jach'a Jawira originates in the mountains near Caquiaviri. At first it flows to the northwest, then it turns to the west where it joins the Desaguaderdo River south of the village of Nasa Q'ara (Nazacara).

Flows through: Bolivia.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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