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Achuma (Bolivia)
Achuma (Aymara for large cactus plants such as '' Echinopsis lageniformis'', ''Echinopsis pachanoi'' or other species, also the name of a drink, also spelled ''Achoma'') is a mountain in the northern part of the Kimsa Cruz mountain range in the Bolivian Andes, about high. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Cairoma Municipality Cairoma Municipality is the fifth municipal section of the Loayza Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country fea .... The peaks of Achuma lie north-west to north of the mountain Taruja Umaña and south of Janq'u Willk'i. There are two small lakes north of the mountain. They are named Allqa Quta ("two-colored lake", ''Alca Kkota'') and Ch'iyar Quta ("black lake", ''Chiar Kkota''). References Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia) Four-thousanders of the Andes {{JoséRamónLoayzaProv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, warm valleys, high-altitude Andean plateaus, and snow-capped peaks, encompassing a wide range of climates and biomes across its regions and cities. It includes part of the Pantanal, the largest tropical wetland in the world, along its eastern border. It is bordered by Brazil to the Bolivia-Brazil border, north and east, Paraguay to the southeast, Argentina to the Argentina-Bolivia border, south, Chile to the Bolivia–Chile border, southwest, and Peru to the west. The seat of government is La Paz, which contains the executive, legislative, and electoral branches of government, while the constitutional capital is Sucre, the seat of the judiciary. The largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located on the Geog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Paz Department (Bolivia)
The La Paz Department of Bolivia comprises with a 2024 census population of 3,022,566 inhabitants. It is situated at the western border of Bolivia, sharing Lake Titicaca with the neighboring Peru. It contains the Cordillera Real mountain range, which reaches altitudes of . Northeast of the Cordillera Real are the '' Yungas'', the steep eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains that make the transition to the Amazon River basin to the northeast. The capital of the department is the city of La Paz and is the administrative city and seat of government/national capital of Bolivia. Provinces The Department of La Paz is divided into 20 provinces (''provincias'') which are further subdivided into 85 municipalities (''municipios'') and - on the fourth level - into cantons. The provinces with their capitals are: Government The chief executive office of Bolivia's departments (since May 2010) is the Governor; before then, the office was called the Prefect, and until 2006 the prefec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loayza Province
Loayza or José Ramón Loayza is a province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Luribay. Geography The Kimsa Cruz mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below: Subdivision The province is divided into five municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ... which are further subdivided into cantons. See also * Chillwa Quta * Jach'a Jawira * Malla Jawira * Warus Quta References Provinces of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{JoséRamónLoayzaProvince-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andes
The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long and wide (widest between 18th parallel south, 18°S and 20th parallel south, 20°S latitude) and has an average height of about . The Andes extend from south to north through seven South American countries: Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. Along their length, the Andes are split into several ranges, separated by intermediate depression (geology), depressions. The Andes are the location of several high plateaus—some of which host major cities such as Quito, Bogotá, Cali, Arequipa, Medellín, Bucaramanga, Sucre, Mérida, Mérida, Mérida, El Alto, and La Paz. The Altiplano, Altiplano Plateau is the world's second highest after the Tibetan Plateau. These ranges are in turn grouped into three majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimsa Cruz Mountain Range
The Cordillera Quimsa Cruz is a mountain range in the La Paz Department in Bolivia situated south east of Lake Titicaca and north of Lake Uru Uru, measuring about 35–40 km in length and 12 km at its widest point. It is the continuation of the Cordillera Real of Bolivia extending in a north to south-eastern direction from Asiento pass south of Illimani to ''Tres Cruces'' pass. ''Kimsa Cruz'' or ''Quimsa Cruz'' in Hispanicized spelling is a partly Aymara (''kimsa'' three), partly Spanish (''cruz'' cross) expression meaning "three crosses". Mountains The highest elevations are Jachacunocollo (5,800 m), Wayna Khunu Qullu (5,640 m) and Gigante (5,748 m). Other notable peaks are:Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 6142-IV 'Yaco'IGM map 1:50,000 6043-I Araca * León Jiwata León Jiwata (Spanish ''león'' lion (here referring to the puma), Aymara ''jiwata'' dead, "dead lion", Hispanicized spelling ''León Jihuata'') is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes, abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aymara Language
Aymara (; also ) is an Aymaran languages, Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Bolivian Andes. It is one of only a handful of Indigenous languages of the Americas, Native American languages with over one million speakers.The other native American languages with more than one million speakers are Nahuatl, Quechua languages, and Guarani language, Guaraní. Aymara, along with Spanish language, Spanish and Quechua language, Quechua, is an official language in Bolivia and Peru. It is also spoken, to a much lesser extent, by some communities in northern Chile, where it is a Minority language, recognized minority language. Some linguists have claimed that Aymara is related to its more widely spoken neighbor, Quechua languages, Quechua. That claim, however, is disputed. Although there are indeed similarities, like the nearly identical phonologies, the majority position among linguists today is that the similarities are better explained as areal feature (linguistics), areal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echinopsis Lageniformis
''Echinopsis lageniformis'', synonyms including ''Echinopsis scopulicola'' and ''Trichocereus bridgesii'', is a cactus native to Bolivia. It is known as the Bolivian torch cactus. Among the indigenous populations of Bolivia, it is sometimes called ''achuma'' or ''wachuma'', although these names are also applied to related species such as ''Trichocereus macrogonus'' which are also used for their psychedelic effects. Description The plant has a light greenish to bluish color grows shrubby to tree-shaped somewhat branching and usually has four to eight ribs. It can grow tall with stems of up to in diameter. The areoles on them are large and are apart. The two to six spines that emerge from them are unequal. Spines can range in coloration from honey-coloured to brown. These spines can grow up to 0.1–7 cm in length and in fully grown plants are spaced evenly on the ribs, 2.5 to 3 cm apart. The long, funnel-shaped, long white fragrant flowers open at night. They are l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echinopsis Pachanoi
''Trichocereus macrogonus'' var. ''pachanoi'' (Synonym (taxonomy), synonyms including ''Trichocereus pachanoi'' and ''Echinopsis pachanoi'') is a fast-growing columnar cactus found in the Andes at in altitude. It is one of a number of kinds of cacti known as San Pedro cactus. It is native to Ecuador, Peru and Colombia, but also found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Venezuela and cultivated in other parts of the world. Uses for it include traditional medicine and traditional veterinary medicine, and it is widely grown as an ornamental cactus. It has been used for healing and religious divination in the Andes Mountains region for over 3,000 years. Description ''Trichocereus macrogonus'' var. ''pachanoi'' is native to Ecuador, Peru and Colombia. Its stems are light to dark green, sometimes glaucous, with a diameter of and usually 6–8 ribs. The whitish areoles may produce up to seven yellow to brown spines, each up to long although typically shorter in cultivated varieties, so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairoma Municipality
Cairoma Municipality is the fifth municipal section of the Loayza Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w .... Its seat is Cairoma. Geography The Kimsa Cruz mountain range traverses the municipality. Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below: See also * Chillwa Quta * Warus Quta References Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia Municipalities of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{JoséRamónLoayzaProvince-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taruja Umaña
Taruja Umaña (Aymara ''taruja'' deer, ''umaña'' drink, to give to drink, "deer watering place", also spelled ''Taruca Umaña'',IGM map 1:50,000 6043-I Araca ''Taruca Umana''), also known as Taruj Umaña according to the name of the river at the mountain, is a mountain in the northern part of the Kimsa Cruz mountain range in the Bolivian Andes. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Cairoma Municipality Cairoma Municipality is the fifth municipal section of the Loayza Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country fea .... Taruja Umaña lies west of the mountain Mama Uqllu. The river Taruj Umaña which later is called ''Araca'' originates south-east of the mountain. It flows to the west and then to the north-west as an affluent of the La Paz River. References Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia) Four-thousanders o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janq'u Willk'i (Cairoma)
Janq'u Willk'i (Aymara ''janq'u'' white, ''willk'i'' gap, "white gap", also spelled ''Jankho Willkhi'') is a mountain in the northern part of the Kimsa Cruz mountain range in the Bolivian Andes, about high. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Cairoma Municipality. Janq'u Willk'i lies north of the mountains Taruja Umaña Taruja Umaña (Aymara ''taruja'' deer, ''umaña'' drink, to give to drink, "deer watering place", also spelled ''Taruca Umaña'',IGM map 1:50,000 6043-I Araca ''Taruca Umana''), also known as Taruj Umaña according to the name of the river at the ... and Achuma. There are two small lakes at the feet of Achuma and Janq'u Willk'i. They are named Allqa Quta ("two-colored lake", ''Alca Kkota'') and Ch'iyar Quta ("black lake", ''Chiar Kkota''). References Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia) Four-thousanders of the Andes {{JoséRamónLoayzaProvince-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountains Of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher than a hill, typically rising at least above the surrounding land. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in mountain ranges. Mountains are formed through tectonic forces, erosion, or volcanism, which act on time scales of up to tens of millions of years. Once mountain building ceases, mountains are slowly leveled through the action of weathering, through slumping and other forms of mass wasting, as well as through erosion by rivers and glaciers. High elevations on mountains produce colder climates than at sea level at similar latitude. These colder climates strongly affect the ecosystems of mountains: different elevations have different plants and animals. Because of the less hospitable terrain and climate, mountains t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
