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Yura River (Bolivia)

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Yura River is a river of Bolivia in the Potosí Department, Antonio Quijarro Province. Its waters flow to the Pillku Mayu while the river successively receives the names Toropalca, Tumusla, Camblaya and Pilaya. Pilaya River is a right tributary of Pillku Mayu. The Yura river is dubbed as "Rio Eléctrico" (Electric river) because its importance for hydroelectric generation. Power stations include Kilpani (11, 5 MW), Landara (5, 2 MW) y Punutuma (2, 4 MW) with a total of 19.05 MW. Electric generation started already in 1902 in Landara.

Flows through: Bolivia.

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

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