Jach'a Jawira (Ingavi)

This article is about the river in the Ingavi Province, La Paz Department. For other uses, see Jach'a Jawira.

The Jach'a Jawira (Aymara jach'a big, great, jawira river,^[1] "big river", also spelled Jachcha Jahuira) is a river in the La Paz Department of Bolivia, south of Wiñaymarka, the southern branch of Lake Titicaca. It is a tributary of the Desaguadero River.

Jach'a Jawira
Etymology	Aymara
Location
Country	Bolivia
Region	La Paz Department
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Ingavi Province, Jesús de Machaca Municipality;Pacajes Province, Comanche Municipality
• coordinates	16°48′55″S 68°35′55″W
Mouth	Desaguadero River
• location	Ingavi Province
• coordinates	16°49′00″S 68°54′00″W
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Chuñu Jawira, Titiri, Chuqi Q'awa, Qura Jawira, Qupa Jaqhi Jawira, Chuqi Q'awa (Achuma)

It originates from the confluence of various streams and rivers at the border of the Ingavi Province, Jesús de Machaca Municipality, and the Pacajes Province, Comanche Municipality, southwest of the village of Chama. Some of these tributaries are Llallawa, Santa María, Wanq'uri and Ñiq'i Jawira ("mud river"). The direction of the Jach'a Jawira is mainly to the west.^[2][3]

It flows along the southern slopes of the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range. Some of its affluents from the range are Chuñu Jawira, Titiri, Chuqi Q'awa, Qurani, Qupa Jaqhi Jawira and another river named Chuqi Q'awa (or Achuma).^[4]

The Jach'a Jawira meets the Desaguadero River at the southern end of Awallamaya Lake, south of the village of Awallamaya in the Ingavi Province, Jesús de Machaca Municipality, Awallamaya Canton.^[3]