Poopó Lake

E71071

body of water in Bolivia endorheic lake salt lake shallow lake

Poopó Lake is a large, shallow saline lake in the Bolivian Andes, known for its fluctuating water levels and ecological importance to the surrounding Altiplano region.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Poopó Lake canonical	5
Lake Poopó	4
Poopó	2
Lake Titicaca–Desaguadero River–Poopó Lake–Salar de Coipasa system	1
Poopó Lake basin	1
Poopó basin	1
Poopó–Uru Uru lake system	1
Titicaca–Desaguadero–Poopó–Salar de Coipasa system	1
Uru Uru Lake	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	body of water in Bolivia ⓘ endorheic lake ⓘ salt lake ⓘ shallow lake ⓘ
averageDepth	about 2–3 m ⓘ
basinCountry	Bolivia ⓘ
climateType	semi-arid highland climate ⓘ
country	Bolivia ⓘ
drainageType	closed basin ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	about 3686 m ⓘ
geologicalSetting	intermontane basin of the central Andes ⓘ
hasEcologicalIssue	habitat loss ⓘ pollution from mining activities ⓘ water level decline ⓘ
hasHumanUse	fishing ⓘ subsistence livelihoods for local communities ⓘ
hasSeasonalVariation	strong seasonal water level changes ⓘ
hydrologicalConnectionFrom	Lake Titicaca ⓘ
hydrologicalConnectionVia	Desaguadero River ⓘ
inflow	Desaguadero River ⓘ Laca Jahuira River ⓘ Marquez River ⓘ
knownFor	ecological importance for migratory birds ⓘ fluctuating water levels ⓘ periodic drying ⓘ wetland habitat in the Altiplano ⓘ
locatedIn	Altiplano plateau ⓘ surface form: Altiplano Oruro Department ⓘ
locatedInEndorheicBasin	Altiplano plateau ⓘ surface form: Altiplano endorheic basin
locatedInMountainRange	Andes ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	South America ⓘ
maximumDepth	about 5 m ⓘ
namedAfter	Poopó Province ⓘ
nearSettlement	Challapata ⓘ Poopó Lake self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Poopó
outflow	Uru Uru Lake ⓘ
partOf	Poopó Lake self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lake Titicaca–Desaguadero River–Poopó Lake–Salar de Coipasa system
recognizedAs	important wetland for birds ⓘ
region	central Bolivian Altiplano ⓘ
salinity	variable salinity ⓘ
supportsSpecies	Andean flamingo ⓘ Chilean flamingo ⓘ James's flamingo ⓘ various migratory waterbirds ⓘ
surfaceArea	highly variable ⓘ up to about 2700 km² at high water ⓘ
waterLossProcess	evaporation ⓘ
waterSource	precipitation ⓘ river inflow ⓘ
waterType	brackish ⓘ saline ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Altiplano plateau → hasFeature → Poopó Lake ⓘ

Oruro → nearbyWaterBody → Poopó Lake ⓘ

this entity surface form: Uru Uru Lake

Oruro → nearbyWaterBody → Poopó Lake ⓘ

Desaguadero River → mouth → Poopó Lake ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake Poopó

Desaguadero River → partOf → Poopó Lake ⓘ

this entity surface form: Titicaca–Desaguadero–Poopó–Salar de Coipasa system

Desaguadero River → connects → Poopó Lake ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake Poopó

Desaguadero River → flowsInto → Poopó Lake ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake Poopó

Desaguadero River → drainageBasin → Poopó Lake ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poopó basin

Poopó Lake → partOf → Poopó Lake self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake Titicaca–Desaguadero River–Poopó Lake–Salar de Coipasa system

Poopó Lake → nearSettlement → Poopó Lake self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poopó

Challapata → locatedNear → Poopó Lake ⓘ

Challapata → nearbyFeature → Poopó Lake ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poopó Lake basin

Uru Uru Lake → outflow → Poopó Lake ⓘ

Uru Uru Lake → partOf → Poopó Lake ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poopó–Uru Uru lake system

Uru Uru Lake → locatedNorthOf → Poopó Lake ⓘ

Poopó Province → namedAfter → Poopó Lake ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake Poopó

Poopó Province → capital → Poopó Lake ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poopó