Desaguadero River (Bolivia and Peru)

The Desaguadero River, also known as Risawariru or Uchusumain, is a river shared between Bolivia and Peru. It drains Lake Titicaca from the southern part of the river basin, flowing south and draining approximately five percent of the lake's flood waters into Lake Uru Uru and Lake Poopó.^[1] Its source in the north is very near the Peruvian border.

Desaguadero
The Desaguadero River at its origin as seen from the ISS (upper center, left; north is to the lower right part of this image)
Sketch map of the area showing Desaguadero River
Location
Country	Peru, Bolivia
Region	Altiplano
Cities	Desaguadero, San Andrés, Oruro
Physical characteristics
Source	Lake Titicaca
• location	Desaguadero, Peru
• coordinates	16°33′49″S 69°02′11″W
• elevation	3,811 m (12,503 ft)
Mouth	Poopó Lake
• location	50 kilometres (31 mi) S of Oruro, Bolivia
• coordinates	18°26′31″S 67°04′22″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

It is navigable only by small craft and supports indigenous communities such as the Uru Muratu community.

See also

• Awallamaya Lake
• Desaguadero River (Argentina) from Argentina.

Notes

1. "Desaguadero River (river, Bolivia)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2007-07-12.

External links

• Management issues in the Lake Titicaca and Lake Poopo system: Importance of developing a water budget