Lake Poopó (Spanish: Lago Poopó Spanish: [ˈlaɣo po.oˈpo]) was a large saline lake in a shallow depression in the Altiplano in Oruro Department, Bolivia...
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Poopó may refer to: Poopó Lake, Oruro, Bolivia Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia Poopó Municipality, Oruro, Bolivia Poopó Canton, Oruro, Bolivia This disambiguation...
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its surface area is 214 km2. The lake is formed by the flow of the Desaguadero River at its mouth into Lake Poopó, over the extensive sedimentation known...
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Torres-Batlló, J; Marti-Cardona, B (January 11, 2021). "Lake Poopó: why Bolivia's second largest lake disappeared – and how to bring it back". The Conversation...
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Desaguadero, which then flows south through Bolivia to Lake Poopó. This only accounts for about 10% of the lake's water balance. Evapotranspiration, caused by strong...
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Bolivia–Peru border lies Lake Titicaca, the largest lake in South America. Farther south, in Bolivia, there was until recently a lake, Lake Poopó, but by December...
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Turlock Basin Mussel Slough Tragedy List of drying lakes Lake Poopó Latta 1999, "Tulare Lake". "Tulare Lake was once considered largest body of water west...
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the Inca-Chanka war, Pachacuti conquered territories around Lake Titicaca and Lake Poopó in the south, parts of the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains...
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Salar de Uyuni (category Endorheic lakes of South America)
United States. Lake Poopó is a neighbor of the much larger Lake Titicaca. During the wet season, Titicaca overflows and discharges into Poopó, which in turn...
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approximately five percent of the lake's flood waters into Lake Uru Uru and Lake Poopó. Its source in the north is very near the Peruvian border. It is navigable...
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Lake Tauca is a former lake in the Altiplano of Bolivia. It is also known as Lake Pocoyu for its constituent lakes: Lake Poopó, Salar de Coipasa and Salar...
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living, the surroundings of Lake Poopó, they were commonly known as the "men of the lake". In 1930, their lands and lake were invaded by the Aymara people...
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slow-moving, reed-filled Desaguadero River to Lake Poopó. In contrast to the freshwater Lake Titicaca, Lake Poopó is salty and shallow, with depths seldom...
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people is called Aymara. It is spoken from the north of Lake Titicaca to the south of Lake Poopó. Aymara is a third official language in Peru after Spanish...
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Bolivia. The speakers were originally fishermen on the shores of Lake Titicaca, Lake Poopó, and the Desaguadero River. Chipaya has over a thousand speakers...
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Poopó Municipality is the first municipal section of the Poopó Province in the Oruro Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Poopó. The municipality lies east...
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the mines, the area once had a German school, Deutsche Schule Oruro. Lake Poopó, Bolivia Downtown Oruro, Bolivia Oruro, Bolivia Oruro Cathedral Taitas...
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Lago Coipasa is a lake in Sabaya Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 3657 m, its surface area is 806 km². It is located on the western...
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the Andes mountain range in the Oruro Department in Bolivia, east of Lake Poopó. The Jach'a Juqhu River is considered the origin of the Pilcomayo. Upstream...
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using basalt—extracted from the pre-Columbian mines in the shores of the Lake Poopó—and andesite from the Copacabana peninsula. Carlos Ponce Sanginés, for...
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Poopó is a province in the eastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro. Its seat is Poopó. Poopó province is one of the sixteen provinces in the...
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Mercado, David. "Lake Poopo Dries Up". Reuters. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015. Paskevics, Emily (19 December 2015). "Lake Poopó, Second Largest...
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List of freshwater ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean (section Lake Titicaca/Poopo Complex)
Deserts (Chile, Peru) Pacific Coastal Deserts (Peru, Chile) Lake Titicaca (Bolivia, Peru) Lake Poopo (Bolivia) Galápagos (Ecuador) North Mediterranean Chile...
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which runs from Lake Poopó. Its length is entirely within the territory of Oruro Department. It runs from the extreme south-west of the lake, and heads west-south-west...
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Endorheic basin (redirect from Terminal Lake)
hemispheres Lake Mar Chiquita in Argentina. The Altiplano includes a number of closed basins such as the Salar de Coipasa, and Titicaca–Poopó system. Lake Valencia...
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"watersheds"), sorted by area, which drain to oceans, mediterranean seas, rivers, lakes and other water bodies. All basins larger than 400,000 km2 (150,000 sq mi)...
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Basin (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru) includes Lake Titicaca, Lake Poopo, and the Salar de Uyuni. Lake Valencia (Venezuela) Desagues de los Colorados...
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series of lakes which developed in the Titicaca basin along with Lake Mataro and Lake Cabana, reaching an altitude of 3,860 metres (12,660 ft). Lake Ballivián...
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highlands of Bolivia's Oruro Department to the north and northeast of Lake Poopo. It is the earliest known sedentary culture in Bolivia, as after circa...
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