Laguna Colorada
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.
| Laguna Colorada | |
|---|---|
Andean Flamingos | |
Laguna Colorada Laguna Colorada | |
| Location | Potosí, Bolivia |
| Coordinates | 22°11′55″S 67°46′52″W |
| Type | salt lake |
| Primary inflows | Rio Sulor |
| 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 |
Ramsar Wetland | |
| Official name | Los Lípez |
| Designated | 27 June 1990 |
| Reference no. | 489 |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
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