Desaguadero River
The Desaguadero River, also known as Risawariru or Uchusumain, is a river shared between Bolivia and Peru. It drains Lake Titicaca from the southern part of the river basin, flowing south and draining approximately five percent of the lake's flood waters into Lake Uru Uru and Lake Poopó.
NASA, Public domain.- Stream
- …lies at an elevation of 3,700 metres (12,139 feet)
- …is also known as “yuca guasi”
- Description: river in Peru
Desaguadero River
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Latitude
-18.4° or 18° 24′ south
Longitude
-67.08333° or 67° 5′ west
Open location code
57HJHWX8+XM
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Desaguadero River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Desaguadero”
- Aymara: “Risawariru”
- Aymara: “Uchusuma”
- Bulgarian: “Десагуадеро”
- Catalan: “riu Desaguadero”
- Catalan: “Riu Desaguadero”
- Cebuano: “Río Desaguadero”
- Chinese: “德萨瓜德罗河”
- Chinese: “德薩瓜德羅河”
- Chuvash: “Десагуадеро”
- Croatian: “Desaguadero”
- Czech: “Desaguadero”
- Czech: “Río Desaguadero”
- Dutch: “Desaguadero River”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Desaguadero”
- French: “Rio Desaguadero”
- French: “río Desaguadero”
- French: “Río Desaguadero”
- Georgian: “დესაგუადერო”
- German: “Río Desaguadero”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Desaguadero (Bolivia dan Peru)”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Desaguadero”
- Irish: “Abhainn Desaguadero”
- Italian: “Desaguadero”
- Japanese: “デサグアデーロ川 (ボリビア)”
- Korean: “데사과데로강”
- Lithuanian: “Desaguaderas”
- Lithuanian: “Desagvaderas”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Desaguadero”
- Persian: “رود دساگوآدرو”
- Polish: “Desaguadero”
- Portuguese: “Rio Desaguadero”
- Quechua: “Desaguadero”
- Quechua: “Huchusuma mayu”
- Quechua: “Río Desaguadero”
- Quechua: “Risawariru”
- Quechua: “Uchusuma mayu”
- Quechua: “Uchusuma”
- Russian: “Десагуадеро”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Desaguadero (Titicaca)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Desaguadero”
- Spanish: “Río Desaguadero”
- Swedish: “Río Desaguadero”
- Ukrainian: “Десаґуадеро”
- Ukrainian: “Десауґадеро”
- Ukrainian: “Рісаваріру”
- Uzbek: “Desaguadero daryosi (Boliviya va Peruda)”
- Uzbek: “Desaguadero daryosi”
- Welsh: “Afon Desaguadero”
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