Waña Quta (Oruro)
| Waña Quta | ||
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| Lake at Nevado Sajama | ||
| Geographical location | Oruro Department , Bolivia | |
| Drain | Río Tamarapi , ( Río Sajama ) | |
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| Coordinates | 18 ° 2 ′ 36 ″ S , 68 ° 56 ′ 1 ″ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 4350 m | |
| length | 1.2 km | |
| width | 500 m | |
| scope | 3.4 km | |
Waña Quta (also: Huañakota, Huaña Kota, Huaña Khota, Huaña Kkota, Huayñakota, Huaña Q'ota ) is a lake on the western edge of the highlands of the South American Andean state Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Waña Quta ( Aymara : waña = dry, quta = lake) is located a few kilometers east of the border with Chile at the foot of Sajama , Bolivia's highest mountain, in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Curahuara de Carangas in the province of Sajama in the Oruro department . The closest towns are Sajama a few kilometers southwest and Caripe northeast of the Waña Quta.
Size and river system
Waña Quta is located at an altitude of 4350 m and extends from southwest to northeast over a length of 1200 meters and a width of up to 500 meters, the shoreline of the lake is 3.4 kilometers. The lake is fed by the glacier water of the Sajama in the southeast and the Anallajsi north of the lake.
The main outflow of the lake is the Río Tomarapi , which leaves the lake in a north-easterly direction and flows to the Río Cosapa , which in turn ends in the drainless salt lake Salar de Coipasa . To the southwest, there is also an outflow to the Río Sajama at certain times of the year , which flows past the village of Sajama to the Río Lauca , also a tributary to the Salar de Coipasa.
Sajama National Park
The lake is located in the National Park Sajama and whereabouts of Andean mountain birds such as cattle egrets , Puna Teal , yellow-billed pintail , Andensäbelschnäbler , Rüsselblässhuhn and ruddy duck .
Individual evidence
- ↑ lib.icimod.org (PDF; 879 kB) Dirk Hoffmann, The Sajama National Park in Bolivia, Mountain Research and Development Vol 27 No 1 February 2007 (map on page 12)
- ↑ www.birdlife.org / Waterbirds Report ( Memento from January 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 868 kB) page 11
Web links
- Raised relief map Nevado Sajama 1: 100,000 (PDF; 11.0 MB)