Río Márquez

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Río Márquez
Alluvial plain of the Río Márquez

Alluvial plain of the Río Márquez

Data
location Bolivia
River system Altiplano
source Municipio Uyuni
19 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  S , 66 ° 22 ′ 38 ″  W
Source height 4496  m
muzzle Lake Poopó coordinates: 19 ° 9 ′ 54 ″  S , 67 ° 1 ′ 16 ″  W 19 ° 9 ′ 54 ″  S , 67 ° 1 ′ 16 ″  W.
Mouth height 3686  m
Height difference 810 m
Bottom slope 5.4 ‰
length 150 km
Left tributaries Mulato River
Right tributaries Río Challahuiri, Río Kakena, Río Jachcha Laca, Río Coroma

The Río Márquez is a river in the departments of Potosí and Oruro in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

The Río Márquez rises as Río Huaña Jápo , also: Río Huayña Jápo , in the eastern part of the Cordillera de los Frailes ridge in the municipality of Uyuni in the province of Antonio Quijarro in the Department of Potosí. For the first 100 kilometers it flows in a westerly direction and bears the name Río Molino in the middle reaches . As the Río Márquez , it joins the Río Mulato and then turns north, in the lower reaches the river also bears the name Río Anta . After a total of 150 kilometers, the river reaches Lake Poopó on its south bank in the municipality of Pampa Aullagas in the Ladislao Cabrera province in the Oruro department.

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