Desaguadero River (Bolivia and Peru)
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Desaguadero River (Bolivia)
)| Desaguadero | |
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Desaguadero, Peru | |
| • coordinates | 16°33′49″S 69°02′11″W / 16.56361°S 69.03639°W |
| • elevation | 3,811 m (12,503 ft) |
Oruro, Bolivia | |
• coordinates | 18°26′31″S 67°04′22″W / 18.44194°S 67.07278°W |
• elevation | 3,686 m (12,093 ft) |
| Length | 320 km (200 mi) |
| Basin size | 90,000 km2 (35,000 sq mi)approx. |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Ulloma |
| • average | 78 m3/s (2,800 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 28 m3/s (990 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 282 m3/s (10,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Ch'alla Jawira, Llallawa Jawira, Jach'a Jawira (Caquiaviri), Thujsa Jawira, Qala Jawira, Jach'a Jawira (Ingavi) |
| • right | Qullpa Jawira |
The Desaguadero River, also known as Risawariru or Uchusumain, is a river shared between Bolivia and Peru. It drains
border.It is navigable only by small craft and supports
indigenous communities such as the Uru Muratu
community.
See also
Notes
- ^ "Desaguadero River (river, Bolivia)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
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