The Choqueyapu River, sometimes called the La Paz River, is a river in the
La Paz Department of
Bolivia
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. It belongs to the
drainage basin
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of the
Amazon
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. The river originates in a spring called Achachi Qala (
Aymara: ''achachi'' border stone, old, grandfather, ''qala'' stone) in the
Cordillera Real near the mountain
Chacaltaya at a height of 5,395 m. It crosses the city
La Paz
La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Aymara language, Aymara: Chuqi Yapu ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With 755,732 residents as of 2024, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities by populati ...
from north to south. South of
Illimani
Illimani () is the highest mountain in the Cordillera Real (part of the Cordillera Oriental, a subrange of the Andes) of western Bolivia. It lies near the cities of El Alto and La Paz at the eastern edge of the Altiplano. It is the second high ...
and north of the
Kimsa Cruz mountain range it turns to the east; at this point it is better known as the La Paz River. The confluence with
Cotacajes River is the beginning of the
Beni River
The Beni River () is a river in the north of Bolivia.
It rises north of La Paz
La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Aymara language, Aymara: Chuqi Yapu ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. Wit ...
, also known as Alto Beni ("high Beni") in this region. The river is known to be contaminated with sewage, with enteropathogenic bacteria which is believed to contribute to the high incidence of
diarrheal disease in the city of La Paz.
Tributaries include the
Amutara River.
See also
*
List of rivers of Bolivia
This is a list of rivers in Bolivia.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Rivers longer than are in bold.
Rivers that reach the ocean Amazon Basin
** M ...
References
*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
Rivers of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
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