Back Laguna Colorada Afrikaans بحيرة اللاجون الأحمر Arabic بحيره اللاجون الاحمر ARZ Laguna Colorada Catalan Laguna Colorada (lanaw sa Bolibiya, Departamento de Potosí, lat -22,22, long -67,77) CEB Laguna Colorada Czech Laguna Colorada German Laguna Colorada Esperanto Laguna Colorada Spanish Laguna Colorada Basque
| Laguna Colorada | |
|---|---|
 Andean Flamingos | |
  Laguna Colorada  Laguna Colorada | |
| Location | Potosí, Bolivia |
| Coordinates | 22°11′55″S 67°46′52″W / 22.19861°S 67.78111°W |
| Type | salt lake[1] |
| Primary inflows | Rio Sulor[2] |
| Basin countries | Bolivia |
| Max. length | 10.7 km (6.6 mi) |
| Max. width | 9.6 km (6.0 mi) |
| Surface area | 60 km2 (23 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 0.35 m (1 ft 2 in) |
| Max. depth | 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) |
| Shore length1 | 35 km (22 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 4,278 m (14,035 ft) |
| Islands | numerous, sometimes huge borax deposit islands[1] |
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| Official name | Los Lípez |
| Designated | 27 June 1990 |
| Reference no. | 489[3] |
| 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.
- ^ a b Amusing Planet website, at Laguna Colorada: The Red Lagoon of Bolivia .
- ^ Hurlbert, Stuart H. (6 Dec 2012). Saline Lakes V: Proceedings of the Vth International Symposium on Inland Saline Lakes. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 264. ISBN 9789401120760.
- ^ "Los Lípez". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
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