Laguna Colorada

For the lake named Pukaqucha or Laguna Colorada in the Puno Region, Peru, see Pukaqucha (Puno).
Laguna Colorada

Flamingos
Location Potosí, Bolivia
Coordinates 22°11′55″S 67°46′52″W / 22.19861°S 67.78111°W / -22.19861; -67.78111Coordinates: 22°11′55″S 67°46′52″W / 22.19861°S 67.78111°W / -22.19861; -67.78111
Type salt lake
Basin countries Bolivia
Max. length 10.7 km
Max. width 9.6 km
Surface area 60 km2
Average depth 35 cm
Max. depth 1.5 m
Shore length1 35 km
Surface elevation 4,278 m
Designated June 27, 1990 [1]
Part of Los Lípez
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Laguna Colorada (Red Lagoon) is a shallow salt lake in the southwest of the altiplano of Bolivia, within Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve and close to the border with Chile.

Contents

The lake contains borax islands, whose white color contrasts with the reddish color of its waters, which is caused by red sediments and pigmentation of some algae.[2]

Geography

Laguna Colorada is part of the Los Lípez (formerly Laguna Colorada) Ramsar wetland. It was listed as a "Ramsar Wetland of International Importance" in 1990. On, July 13, 2009 the site was expanded from 513.18 to 14,277.17 km2 (5,512.45 sq mi) to include the surrounding high Andean endorheic, hypersaline and brackish lakes and associated wetlands (known as bofedales).[3]

Fauna

James's flamingos abound in the area.[2] Also it is possible to find Andean and Chilean flamingos, but in a minor quantity.

See also

Andean flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus), Laguna Colorada.

References

  1. ↑ "Ramsar List". Ramsar.org. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Laguna Colorada". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  3. ↑ The Annotated Ramsar List: Bolivia
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