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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.
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The lake has 41 islands, some of which are densely populated. Having only a single season of free circulation, the lake is monomictic, [12] [13] and water passes through Lago Huiñaimarca and flows out the single outlet at the Río Desaguadero, [14] which then flows south through Bolivia to Lake Poopó.
The lake is at an elevation of 4,350 metres (14,270 ft) on the Altiplano. Its surface area is 10.9 km 2. The lake is 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) long and 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) wide. The characteristic white colour of the water, that gave the lake its name, is caused by the high amount of minerals suspended in it.
Laguna Verde (Spanish for "green lake") [1] is a salt lake in an endorheic basin, in the southwestern Altiplano in Bolivia. It is located in the Sur Lípez Province of the Potosí Department . It is close to the Chilean border, at the foot of the volcano Licancabur .
Bolivia, [c] officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, [d] is a landlocked country located in central South America.The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, warm valleys, high-altitude Andean plateaus, and snow-capped peaks, encompassing a wide range of climates and biomes across its regions and cities.
Bolivia: Surface area: ... Laguna Grande is a lake in the Tarija Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 3,638 m, its surface area is 6.7 km 2. See also.