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Phaq'u Q'awa (Sabaya)

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Location
  
Elevation
  
5,203 m

Phaq'u Q'awa (Sabaya)

Mountain range
  
Andes, Cordillera Occidental

Parent ranges
  
Andes, Cordillera Occidental

Phaq'u Q'awa (Aymara phaq'u, paqu, p'aqu light brown, reddish, blond, dark chestnut, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth, "brown brook" or "brown ravine", also spelled Paco Khaua) is a 5,203 metres (17,070 ft) high mountain in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the Oruro Department, Sabaya Province, Sabaya Municipality. Phaq'u Q'awa lies southeast of Wila Qullu.

Map of Phaq'u Q'awa, Bolivia

The river Phaq'u Q'awa (Pacocahua) originates southwest of the mountain. It flows to the north as a right tributary of the Lauca River.

References

Phaq'u Q'awa (Sabaya) Wikipedia


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