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Lake Poopó (Spanish: Lago Poopó Spanish: [ˈlaɣo po.oˈpo]) was a large saline lake in a shallow depression in the Altiplano Mountains in Oruro Department, Bolivia, at an altitude of approximately 3,700 m (12,100 ft).
- Lago Poopó (Spanish)
Jan 11, 2021 · Lake Poopó, Bolivia's second largest lake, dried up in 2015 due to a mix of climate and human factors. Learn how the lake's ecology, economy and culture were affected, and what can be done to restore it.
Lake Poopó, lake in west-central Bolivia, occupying a shallow depression in the Altiplano, or high plateau, at 12,090 feet (3,686 metres) above sea level. Historically the country’s second largest lake, it covered 977 square miles (2,530 square km) at low stage and was about 56 miles (90 km) long.
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Jul 7, 2016 · Lake Poopó is one of several lakes worldwide that are vanishing because of human causes. California’s Mono Lake and Salton Sea were both diminished by water diversions; lakes in Canada and ...
Oct 20, 2023 · How climate change and droughts have transformed the ancient lake into a salt flat and affected the Uru people's way of life and culture. See photos and stories of the Uru artisans who use reeds to create crafts and remember their lake heritage.
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Aug 3, 2021 · Bolivia’s Lake Poopo was once a fountain of life for local inhabitants, who fished from its teeming waters and farmed along its banks. Now it is a desert. Scientists say the one-time lake,...
Jan 5, 2018 · The remainder of an ancient sea at the heart of South America is fast becoming a memory: a white expanse of salt stretches for miles, with just a smear of red, brackish water at its southern edge....
