Sura Quta | |||||
Location: | Bolivia, La Paz Department, Los Andes Province | ||||
Elevation: | 4491m (14,734feet) | ||||
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Pushpin Label: | Sura Quta (Wayna Potosí) | ||||
Pushpin Map: | Bolivia#South America | ||||
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Sura Quta (Wayna Potosí) in Bolivia. | ||||
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Sura Quta[2] (Aymara sura dry jiquima, a species of Pachyrhizus,[3] quta lake,[4] "sura lake", hispanicized spellings Sora Kkota, Sora Kota) is a lake west of the Cordillera Real of Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Pukarani Municipality, Wayna Potosí Canton, on the border to Batallas Municipality. It is situated at a height of about 4,491 metres (14,734 ft), about 1.77 km long and 0.7 km at its widest point. Sura Quta lies north east of Taypi Chaka Quta. The lakes are connected by the Link'u River ("curve river") that flows down from the Cordillera Real towards Lake Titicaca.