Silala

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Silala
Silala and Río Loa

Silala and Río Loa

Data
location Bolivia , Chile
River system Río Loa
Drain over Río San Pedro de Inacaliri  → Río Loa
origin northeast of Cerro Silala Chico
22 ° 0 ′ 31 ″  S , 68 ° 0 ′ 3 ″  W
Source height 4551  m
muzzle eight kilometers northeast of Paniri Coordinates: 21 ° 59 ′ 36 ″  S , 68 ° 12 ′ 25 ″  W 21 ° 59 ′ 36 ″  S , 68 ° 12 ′ 25 ″  W
Mouth height 3866  m
Height difference 685 m
Bottom slope 12 ‰
length 56 km

The Silala spring is a system of several hundred springs on the western edge of the Siloli desert in Bolivia and belongs to the catchment area of ​​the Chilean river Río Loa .

The sources of Silala arise on the Bolivian Altiplano in the canton of Quetena in the province of Sur Lípez in the Department of Potosí , six to seven kilometers northwest of Cerro Silala (5685 m). The waters of Silala flow in a westerly direction and then form distinct watercourses on Chilean territory that have been used by Chilean industry for more than a hundred years. Since Bolivia lost its access to the Pacific Ocean after the Saltpeter War (Spanish: Guerra del Pacífico ) of 1879 , there have been discussions for decades about the use of the sources of Silala, during which the Bolivian side has repeatedly pointed out that the Silala -Sources are not international waters, but that the Silala water was channeled through artificially created canalization measures on Chilean territory. Chile, on the other hand, argues that a border treaty was signed between the two countries in 1904 that defined the Silala as an international river.

In 2006, both countries signed a 13-point program to put bilateral relations on a new basis. In an agreement signed at the end of 2009, the Chilean government undertook to pay Bolivia US $ 15,000 a day for the use of the water from the Silala springs. Studies up to 2013 should determine the actual amount of water in the springs and the real amount of the compensation payments. The agreement failed, however, because Bolivia had been demanding the payment of a historical debt since the beginning of the last century that Chile does not recognize. Renewed bilateral negotiations on the use of the Silala in July 2015 were broken off due to the same difference of opinion. After the Bolivian President Evo Morales announced in March 2016 that he would bring a lawsuit against Chile before the International Court of Justice of The Hague for failure to pay compensation, the Chilean government has now brought an action before the International Court of Justice to recognize the Silala waters as an international river; an initial meeting between representatives of Bolivia and Chile and the President of the International Court of Justice in The Hague took place at the end of August 2016.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bolivia takes Chile to court In: Zentralplus March 31, 2016
  2. ↑ Bolivia and Chile bring dispute over water rights to The Hague In: amerika 21, June 21, 2016

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