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T'utura Qucha

Coordinates: 17°27′0″S 65°38′20″W / 17.45000°S 65.63889°W / -17.45000; -65.63889
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T'utura Qucha
Location of T'utura Qucha Bolivia.
Location of T'utura Qucha Bolivia.
T'utura Qucha
Location of T'utura Qucha Bolivia.
Location of T'utura Qucha Bolivia.
T'utura Qucha
Location of T'utura Qucha Bolivia.
Location of T'utura Qucha Bolivia.
T'utura Qucha
LocationCochabamba Department, Tiraque Province, Tiraque Municipality
Coordinates17°27′0″S 65°38′20″W / 17.45000°S 65.63889°W / -17.45000; -65.63889
Basin countriesBolivia
Surface elevation3,758 m (12,329 ft)
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T'utura Qucha (Quechua t'utura totora, qucha lake, "totora lake",[1] hispanicized spellings Totora Khocha, Totora Kocha, Totora Qhocha, Totora Qocha, Totora Q'ocha) is a Bolivian lake located in the Cochabamba Department, Tiraque Province, Tiraque Municipality, Tiraque Canton,[2] situated about 3,758 m high.

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  1. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): t'utura. s. Totora. (<Q). Especie de anea o espadaña empleada por los campesinos para construir balsas, barcas y como techumbre de sus viviendas. qucha, qhucha, quchacha. s. Laguna. Lago pequeño. qucha, qhucha. s. Lago. Gran masa de agua en una depresión.
  2. ^ Tiraque Municipality: population data and map showing "Laguna Totora Khocha"