Pilawit'u Explained

Pilawit'u
Coords:-17.5972°N -65.5694°W
Location:Cono Sur, Vacas Municipality, Cochabamba Department, Arani Province
Basin Countries:Bolivia
Area:2km2
Elevation:3407m (11,178feet)
Cities:Vacas, Pilawit'u, Parirun
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Pilawit'u is a Bolivian lake located in Vacas Municipality, Arani Province, Cochabamba Department. The last four thousand years of environmental and vegetation change has been recently reconstructed from the lake sediments of Pilawit'u (Lake Challacaba)[1]

The main tributaries of Pilawit'u are Chiwalaki, Challa Q'awa, Muña Mayu and Phaqcha Pata Mayu whose tributaries are T'utura Mayu, Phaqcha Pata and the Phaqcha River. Its surface area is 2km2.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Williams JJ, Gosling WD, Coe AL, Brooks SJ . 2011 . Four thousand years of environmental change and human activity in the Cochabamba basin, Bolivia . Quaternary Research . 76 . 1 . 58–68 . 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.03.004. 2011QuRes..76...58W . 140662492 .
  2. http://html.rincondelvago.com/plan-de-ordenamiento-turistico-territorial-en-bolivia.html rincondelvago.com