Río Tumusla

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Río Tumusla
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location Bolivia
River system Río de la Plata
Drain over Río Camblaya  → Río Pilaya  → Río Pilcomayo  → Río Paraguay  → Río Paraná  → Río de la Plata  → Atlantic
origin Nuevo Mundo (volcano)
19 ° 36 ′ 12 ″  S , 66 ° 23 ′ 15 ″  W
Source height 4853  m
muzzle Río Camblaya Coordinates: 20 ° 57 ′ 48 ″  S , 65 ° 11 ′ 10 ″  W 20 ° 57 ′ 48 ″  S , 65 ° 11 ′ 10 ″  W.
Mouth height 2209  m
Height difference 2644 m
Bottom slope 8.7 ‰
length 303 km
Catchment area 21,096 km² [1] (PDF; 5.5 MB)
Left tributaries Río Vitichi

The Río Tumusla is a river in the Andes high mountains of southern Bolivia .

The river has a total length of 303 kilometers and flows through the Departamento Potosí and the Departamento Chuquisaca in a northwest-southeast direction. The source region of the river is located about 20 km northeast of the snow- and ice-covered volcano Nuevo Mundo at an altitude of about 4,850 m. Unlike in Central Europe, Bolivian rivers often have a common name, not from the source to the mouth, but have different names for successive river sections. The Tumusla is named Río Llápá , Río Yurá , Río Tacora , Río Toropalca and Río Chati until it reaches the village of Tumusla 110 km from its mouth.

The Río Tumusla flows past the villages of Yura , Toropalca and Tumusla and reaches the Río San Juan del Oro near the village of Villa Abecia . From the mouth of the Tumusla, it bears the name Río Camblaya and flows over the Río Pilaya into the Río Pilcomayo , which belongs to the river system of the Río de la Plata .

The Río Tumusla crosses four provinces on its way: in the Department of Potosí, the Province of Antonio Quijarro and the Province of Nor Chichas , in the Department of Chuquisaca, the Province of Nor Cinti and the Province of Sud Cinti .

The river has dug itself deep into the barren mountain landscape, its river bed is less than 50 meters wide over long stretches. The region along the course of the river is only sparsely populated due to the high relief energy , agriculture is mainly practiced on the alluvial fans along the Río Tumusla.

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