Laram Q'awa (Río Blanco) Explained

Laram Q'awa
Elevation M:4996
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Bolivia,
La Paz Department, Pacajes Province
Range:Andes
Map:Bolivia
Label Position:right
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-17.8439°N -69.1542°W

Laram Q'awa (Aymara larama blue, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth,[2] "blue brook" or "blue ravine", also spelled Laramkhaua) is a 4996m (16,391feet) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, Charaña Municipality, north-west of Río Blanco. An intermittent stream which downstream is named Jach'a Uma ("big water", Jacha Uma) originates near the mountain. It flows to Achuta River in the south-east.[1] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Río Blanco 5740-II
  2. Web site: Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición . Félix Layme Pairumani . November 9, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130902185052/http://www.aymara.ucb.edu.bo/html/diccionario/dicframe.html . September 2, 2013 .
  3. Web site: Charaña . INE, Bolivia . November 9, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141107171218/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020305&tipo=1 . November 7, 2014 . (unnamed, north-west of Pä Qullu (Pakkollu))