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The Bolivian Yungas is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in the Yungas of central Bolivia. [2] Setting
Laram Quta (Aymara larama blue, quta lake, [1] "blue lake", also spelled Laram Kkota) is a lake in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia.It is located in the La Paz Department, Sud Yungas Province, Irupana Municipality.
The Yungas (Aymara yunka warm or temperate Andes or earth, Quechua yunka warm area on the slopes of the Andes) [1] [2] is a bioregion of a narrow band of forest along the eastern slope of the Andes Mountains from Peru and Bolivia, and extends into Northwest Argentina at the slope of the Andes pre-cordillera. It is a transitional zone between ...
The valley follows the course of the Zongo River and is located within the Cordillera Real, from the Huayna Potosí mountain at 6,090 m (19,980 ft) above sea level and up to 800 m (2,600 ft) above sea level, in the tropical area of the Bolivian Yungas. The Zongo Valley belongs to the Zongo macrodistrict of the municipality of La Paz.
Jach'a Quta (Aymara jach'a big, quta lake, [1] "big lake", also spelled Jachcha Kkota) is a lake in Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Sud Yungas Province, Yanacachi Municipality, north-west of the mountain Mururata. It lies south-east of the mountain Wanakuni and the lakes Warawarani and Jisk'a Warawarani at the mountain Thakis Uma.
The geography and climate of Bolivia has led to the formation a wide variety of lakes, from salt saturated lakes in the Altiplano to oxbow lakes in the eastern lowlands. Many of Bolivias lakes are formed only seasonally during the austral summer and remains for the rest of the year as salt flats in the altiplano or swamps in the eastern lowlands.
The Southern Andean Yungas consists of a mesic evergreen forest, with trees typically less than 15 metres (49 ft) tall. [citation needed] The species composition of the forests varies with elevation and precipitation. The foothill forests are a transition between the Yungas and the semi-arid Dry Chaco of the lowlands.
The Yungas Road, popularly known as The Death Road, is a 64-kilometre (40 mi) long cycle route linking the city of La Paz with the Yungas region of Bolivia. It was conceived in the 1930s by the Bolivian government to connect the capital city of La Paz with the Amazon Rainforest in the north part of the country.