Thujsa Jawira

This article is about the river in the Ingavi Province and in the Pando Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia. For the river in the Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia, see Thujsa Jawira (Pacajes). For other uses, see Ingenio River and Rio Grande (disambiguation).
Thujsa Jawira
River
Name origin: Aymara
Country Bolivia
Region La Paz Department,
Ingavi Province, Pando Province
Tributaries
 - left Ch'alla Jawira, Jach'a Jawira,
Taypi Jawira
 - right Wila Jawira, Chullpa Jawira
Source
 - location Santiago de Machaca Municipality

Thujsa Jawira (Aymara thujsa smelling, jawira river,[1][2] "smelling river", also spelled Tujsa Jahuira) which upstream successively is named Ingenio and Río Grande and downstream is called Llink'i is a river in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It flows to Awallamaya Lake south of Lake Titicaca.

Thujsa Jawira originates from the confluence of various streams in the Santiago de Machaca Municipality of the José Manuel Pando Province. Known as Ingenio (Spanish for "mill, plant") and Río Grande (Spanish for "big river") it runs to the little town of Santiago de Machaca in the northeast. Behind the town it receives the name Thujsa Jawira.[3] In the San Andrés de Machaca Municipality of the Ingavi Province its direction is mainly to the north until Jach'a Jawira ("big river", Río Jacha), a left tributary, joins the river. Just before the confluence its name changes to Llink'i ("potter clay", Llinkhi, Llinqui).[4] The river turns to the east and then north again until it empties into Awallamaya Lake.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Diccionario de Sinónimos de lengua aymara". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 Santiago de Machaca 3036
  4. ↑ Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 Desaguadero 3037
  5. ↑ "Santiago de Machaca". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  6. ↑ "San Andrés de Machaca". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved December 8, 2014.