Río Mauri

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Río Mauri
Río Maure
Data
location Peru , Bolivia
River system Desaguadero River
Drain over Río Desaguadero  → Lake Poopó
source Laguna Vilacota
17 ° 8 ′ 25 ″  S , 70 ° 0 ′ 55 ″  W.
Source height 4433  m
muzzle Río Desaguadero Coordinates: 17 ° 17 ′ 46 ″  S , 68 ° 36 ′ 33 ″  W 17 ° 17 ′ 46 ″  S , 68 ° 36 ′ 33 ″  W.
Mouth height 3817  m
Height difference 616 m
Bottom slope 2.8 ‰
length 220 km
Left tributaries Río Berenguela , Río Chaltuyo
Right tributaries Río Tiquirani, Río Achuta-Blanco
Communities Calacoto

The Río Mauri (also: Río Maure ) is an endorheic river in the South American Andean highlands and flows from Peru to Bolivia .

The Río Mauri has a total length of 220 kilometers. The river has its source in the Laguna Vilacota as Río Maure at an altitude of 4433  m and flows for the first 96 kilometers through the Tacna region in southeastern Peru. At ( ) at an altitude of 4073  m , the river crosses the border with Bolivia from west to east. The other 124 kilometers the Río Mauri flows through the western part of the La Paz department and flows into the Río Desaguadero at the town of Calacoto .

literature

  • La desviación del rio Mauri: controversia boliviano-chilena. José Aguirre Achá (1921)

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