Laguna Colorada | |
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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, notable for the reddish color of its waters.