Laram Q'awa (Charaña) Explained

Laram Q'awa
Elevation M:5182
Elevation Ref:[1]
Range:Andes
Map:Bolivia
Label Position:right
Map Size:250
Coordinates:-18.0192°N -69.1425°W

Laram Q'awa (Aymara larama blue, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth,[2] "blue brook" or "blue ravine", Hispanicized spellings Laram Khaua, Larancagua) is a 5182m (17,001feet) mountain in the Andes. According to the Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 'Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I' it is situated on Bolivian terrain in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province (Charaña Municipality), at the border with Chile. It lies north-west of the mountains Kunturiri, Phaq'u Q'awa and another mountain on the border named Laram Q'awa (Laram Khaua). One of three different rivers of this area called Kunturiri (Condoriri) originates north-east of the mountain near Phaq'u Q'awa. It flows in a bow along the northern slopes of Laram Q'awa towards Chile.[1] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. BIGM map 1:50,000 Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I
  2. Web site: Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición . Félix Layme Pairumani . September 14, 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 . September 14, 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 Phaq'u Q'awa (Paco Khau))