Q'ara Quta (Potosí) Explained

Q'ara Quta
Location:Potosí Department, Chayanta Province, Bolivia
Outflow:Rio Colojsa[1]
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Q'ara Quta (Aymara q'ara bare, bald, quta lake,[2] "bare lake", Hispanicized spellings Khara Kkota) is a Bolivian lake near hamlet Caracota[3] in the Potosí Department, Chayanta Province, Pocoata Municipality.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.cartogiraffe.com/bolivia/potos%C3%AD/provincia+chayanta/municipio+pocoata/r%C3%ADo+colojsa/ Río Colojsa
  2. Ludovico Bertonio, Aymara dictionary (transcription): Q'ara - Pelado. Quta - Mar, laguna, charco
  3. https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/6759165061#map=14/-18.6292/-66.1336 Node: Caracota (6759165061)
  4. http://www.ine.gob.bo/pdf/AtlasMunicipal/050403.pdf Pocoata Municipality: