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Desaguadero River. In this area, there is a type of marsh known as Parinacota wetlands, in which converge several streams, being the more important the river just mentioned, which has a variable flow rate ranging from 100 to 560 L/s, and an average of 260 L/s.
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318:References
286:Chapiquiña
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448:Camarones
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203:Discharge
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493:San José
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191:Length
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