Laguna Lagunillas (Potosí)
| Laguna Lagunillas | ||
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| Geographical location | Cordillera Central , Bolivia | |
| Tributaries | Quebrada Torreloma | |
| Drain | drainless | |
| Data | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 30 ′ 20 ″ S , 65 ° 24 ′ 17 ″ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 3534 m | |
| surface | 1.4 km² | |
| length | 1,800 m | |
| width | 1,100 m | |
| scope | 5730 m | |
The Laguna Lagunillas is a lake on the eastern edge of the Cordillera Central in the Potosí Department in Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The outflow-free lake is located on the eastern edge of the barren plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano and is framed by mountain peaks that rise up to a height of about 3800 m. The lake is at an altitude of 3534 m and has an area of about 136 hectares , which, however, is subject to slight fluctuations depending on the precipitation and the season. The lake is three kilometers east of the village of Tecoya .
geography
The climate of the region is a typical time of day climate , in which the temperature fluctuations during the day are greater than during the year.
The annual average temperature in the valleys of the region is around 17 ° C, the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between 14 ° C in June / July and 19 ° C from November to January. The annual rainfall is almost 500 mm, the months May to September are arid with monthly values below 15 mm, only in January a rainfall of 100 mm is reached.
colonization
The plain around the Laguna Lagunillas is only sparsely populated, but it is used intensively for agriculture. It has a length of about five kilometers and a width of one and a half kilometers. A country road runs through the plain in a north-south direction, which leads south from Huantapita on the Río Huantapita to the Ruta 5 highway and on to Betanzos .
Web links
- Relief map of the Betanzos region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 2.29 MB)
- Relief map of the Ticoya region 1: 50,000 (PDF; 2.86 MB)
- Relief map of the Rio Mulato region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.12 MB)