Río Sajta
| Río Sajta | ||
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| location | Bolivia | |
| River system | Amazon | |
| Drain over | Ichilo → Mamoré → Madeira → Amazon → Atlantic | |
| confluence | from Río San Matéo and Río Cristal 17 ° 29 ′ 4 ″ S , 64 ° 39 ′ 28 ″ W |
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| Source height | 620 m | |
| muzzle | in the Río Ichilo coordinates: 16 ° 50 ′ 56 ″ S , 64 ° 47 ′ 5 ″ W 16 ° 50 ′ 56 ″ S , 64 ° 47 ′ 5 ″ W. |
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| Mouth height | 205 m | |
| Height difference | 415 m | |
| Bottom slope | 3 ‰ | |
| length | 140 km | |
| Left tributaries | Río Cristal Mayu, Río Sajtita, Río Sajta Grande, Río Alizar , Río Cururi | |
| Small towns | Puerto Villarroel | |
The Rio Sajta is a left tributary of the Río Ichilo , which flows into the Amazon via the Río Mamoré and the Rio Madeira . It is a Bolivian river at the foot of the Eastern Andes - Cordillera in South America .
course
The Río Sajta takes its name from the confluence of the Río Cristal in the Río San Matéo in the province of Carrasco in the department of Cochabamba at an altitude of 620 m between the Bolivian foreland .
The river flows for the first forty kilometers in a north-westerly direction and forms the border between the Municipio Pojo in the west and the Municipio Entre Ríos in the east. On the western edge of the Serranía de Iniricarsama , the Río Sajta enters the municipality of Puerto Villarroel and now flows largely in a northerly direction. At km 67, the flow of which is Puente sajta , the only bridge across the river crossing, with 980 meters the longest bridge in the department on which the 1657 km long highway Ruta 4 of Tambo Quemado on the Chilean border over Cochabamba and Santa Cruz by Puerto Quijarro on the border with Brazil leads.
The river meanders very strongly in its lower course and has numerous tributaries, the river bed here reaches widths of more than one hundred meters. After a total of 140 kilometers, the Río Sajta flows into the Río Ichilo near the city of Puerto Villarroel .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Puente en Valle Sajta en riesgo porque la riada socavó estribos February 26, 2011 ( accessed June 8, 2017 )
Web links
- Relief map of the Comarapa region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 2.9 MB)
- Relief map of the Santa Ana region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 1.5 MB)
- Relief map of the Puerto Villaroel region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 787 kB)
- Relief map of the Punata region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 9.12 MB)