River
Yuca guasi
436 km from source to mouth · Bolivia and Peru.
Bolivia and PeruFlows into Poopó Lake5th longest in Bolivia
In numbers
Length
436km
Average flow
78m³/s
Basin
35,000km²
Drop
219m
from 3,813 m to 3,594 m
Countries
2
The journey
From source to mouth
436 km of river and 7 stops on the way: 1 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmTiticacaat 3,813 m
- 6 kmDesaguadero5,329 people
- 6 kmTiticaca8,003 km²
- 41 kmAguallamaya Lake53 km²
- 46 kmJach'a Jawiratributary
- 56 kmLaguna Aripuno4.2 km²
- 132 kmMauri Rivertributary
- 391 kmUru Uru Lake83 km²
- 436 kmPoopó Lakeat 3,594 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Peru
At the mouth it carries 78 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 32 seconds. It drops from 3,813 m to 3,594 m, 0.5 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 35,000 km², about the size of TW. 2.8 million people live in it. Highest water: from February to March; lowest: from June to September. Its dams hold back little of its water (3.7% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- DesaguaderoLargest city on its banks · 8,635 people
- El Alto International Airport (LPB)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 90 km from the cityCar hire at LPB airport (La Paz / El Alto)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water7 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From February to March and from October to DecemberThe best months to visit
Yuca guasi, month by month
Highest water: from February to March
Lowest water: from June to September. Best months to visit: from February to March and from October to December.
From about 270 m³/s in the lowest month to 1,200 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Yuca guasi: the basin in numbers
93,121 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 2.8millionpeople live in the basin
- 31/km²people per km²
- 4,143maverage altitude of the basin
- 609mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 6.4°Caverage air temperature
- 6%protected areas
- 9.4%covered by lakes
- 0.8km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 2% Forest
- 5% Cropland
- 44% Pasture
- 1% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Yuca guasi: what you find on the way
- 2Locks
- 7Ferry piers
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.4 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Yuca guasi in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
4lakes on its wayLakeyas
25mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Lakes and reservoirs (4)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Titicacakm 6 · 489 m deep8,003km²
- Aguallamaya Lakekm 4053km²
- Laguna Aripunokm 544.2km²
- Uru Uru Lakekm 37983km²
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Mountains at the source (25)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Jilarata6.3 km away4,355m
- Janq'u Jaqhi7.7 km away4,254m
- Cerro Jillarata7.7 km away4,266m
- Cerro Chuata8.5 km away4,126m
- Cerro Ylarata12 km away
- Cerro Ancohaque14 km away
- Cerro Huancane13 km away
- Cerro Milluni10 km away
17 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Yuca guasi in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (5)
Also: Mauri River, Jach'a Jawira, Ch'alla Jawira (Callapa), Qullpa Jawira (La Paz), Llallawa Jawira
ChileWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q1343322) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Lakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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