| Laguna Colorada | |
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Andean Flamingos
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| Location | Potosí, Bolivia |
| Coordinates | 22°11′55″S 67°46′52″W / 22.19861°S 67.78111°W / -22.19861; -67.78111 |
| 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 altiplanoofBolivia, within Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve and close to the border with Chile.
The lake contains borax islands, whose white color contrasts with the reddish color of its waters, which is caused by red sediments and pigmentation of some algae.[4]
Laguna Colorada is part of the Los Lípez (formerly Laguna Colorada) Ramsar wetland. It was listed as a "Ramsar Wetland of International Importance" in 1990. On, July 13, 2009, the site was expanded from 513.18 to 14,277.17 km2 (5,512.45 sq mi) to include the surrounding high Andean endorheic, hypersaline and brackish lakes and associated wetlands (known as bofedales).[5]
James's flamingos abound in the area.[4] It is also possible to find Andean and Chilean flamingos, but in lesser quantities.
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