Coipasa Lake

Lago Coipasa
Location Atahuallpa Province, Oruro Department
Primary inflows Río Lauca
Basin countries Bolivia
Surface area 806 km²
Max. depth 3.5 m
Surface elevation 3657 m

Lago Coipasa or Salar de coipasa is a lake in Atahuallpa Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 3657 m, its surface area is 806 km². It's on the western part of Altiplano, 20 km north of Salar de Uyuni and south of the main road linking Oruro and Huara (Chile) [1].

Coipasa Lake is a tectonic lake with a depth of 3.5 meters that surrounds to Salar de Coipasa, and to the volcanic cone of Villa Pucarani.

Thousands of flamingos have settled on the shores of Lake Coipasa.

References

  1. ^ "Travel map of the Andes". Nelles Map. http://andes.zoom-maps.com/. Retrieved 2010-12-10. 
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.