Kachi Mayu (Chuquisaca)

This article is about the river in the Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Kachimayu.
Kachi Mayu
River
Name origin: Quechua
Country Bolivia
Region Chuquisaca Department
Mouth
 - location Chuquisaca Department (Yotalla Municipality) / Potosí Department
 - coordinates BO 19°18′48″S 65°15′59″W / 19.31333°S 65.26639°W / -19.31333; -65.26639Coordinates: BO 19°18′48″S 65°15′59″W / 19.31333°S 65.26639°W / -19.31333; -65.26639

Kachi Mayu (Quechua kachi salt, mayu river,[1] "salt river", also spelled Cachi) is a Bolivian river in the Chuquisaca Department, Oropeza Province, in the Sucre and Yotalla Municipalities.[2] It is a left tributary of the Pillku Mayu, not to be confused with the Kachi Mayu in the Oruro Department which is the headwater of the Pillku Mayu. The confluence is on the border of the Yotalla Municipality and the Potosí Department, west of the village of Tasapampa.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. ↑ "Yotala". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
  3. ↑ Bolivia 1:50,000 Tasapampa 6536-III


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