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Kachi Mayu (Chuquisaca)

Coordinates: 19°18′48″S 65°15′59″W / 19.31333°S 65.26639°W / -19.31333; -65.26639
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Kachi Mayu
Map
EtymologyQuechua
Location
CountryBolivia
RegionChuquisaca Department
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
Chuquisaca Department (Yotalla Municipality) / Potosí Department
 • coordinates
19°18′48″S 65°15′59″W / 19.31333°S 65.26639°W / -19.31333; -65.26639

Kachi Mayu (Quechua kachi salt, mayu river,[1] "salt river", also spelled Cachi) is a Bolivian river in the Chuquisaca Department, Oropeza Province, in the Sucre and Yotalla Municipalities.[2] It is a left tributary of the Pillku Mayu, not to be confused with the Kachi Mayu in the Oruro Department which is the headwater of the Pillku Mayu. The confluence is on the border of the Yotalla Municipality and the Potosí Department, west of the village of Tasapampa.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  2. ^ "Yotala". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
  3. ^ Bolivia 1:50,000 Tasapampa 6536-III