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Puka Mayu (Potosí)

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This article is about the river in the Potosí Department. For other uses, see Puka Mayu. River in Bolivia
Puka Mayu
EtymologyQuechua
Location
CountryBolivia
RegionPotosí Department
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationCordillera de Lípez
MouthUyuni salt flat
 • locationColcha "K" Municipality
 • coordinates20°25′S 66°58′W / 20.417°S 66.967°W / -20.417; -66.967
 • elevation3,653 m (11,985 ft)

Puka Mayu (Quechua puka red, mayu river, "red river") is a Bolivian river in the Potosí Department, Nor Lípez Province, Colcha "K" Municipality. It originates in the Cordillera de Lípez and empties into the Uyuni salt flat. The mouth lies west and south west of the town Uyuni and north east of the mouth of the Río Grande de Lípez.

References

  1. katari.org Aymara-Spanish Dictionary: Puka (adj.) - Rojo. Mayu (s.) - Río.
  2. lib.utexas.edu Map of the region showing "Río Puca Mayu" near Uyuni
  3. Colcha "K" Municipality: Archived 2014-10-14 at the Wayback Machine population data and map showing Puka Mayu (unnamed) and its mouth west and south west of the town Uyuni
  4. cosv.org Ing. Carlos M. Rojas, El Salar
Potosí Department
Capital: Potosí
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