Key facts
- Primary outflows
- Upamayu- Mantaro River
- Basin countries
- Peru
- Surface area
- 529.88 km (204.59 mi )
- Max depth
- 12 m (39 ft)
- Surface elevation
- 4,082.7 m (13,395 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lake
- Country
- Peru
- Located in
- Junín Department
- Area
- 260
- Elevation
- 4080
- Image
- Lago Junín.jpg
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- basin country
- Peru
- Commons category
- Lake Junín
- residence time of water
- 2
- vertical depth
- 281
- outflows
- Mantaro River
- drainage basin
- Amazon basin
- watershed area
- 529.88
- located in protected area
- Junin National Reservation
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Encyclopedic overview
Lake Junin ( IPA: [xuˈnin]; Spanish Lago Junín, named after the nearby town of Junin) or Chinchaycocha (possibly from Quechua chincha, chinchay north, northern, chinchay ocelot, qucha lake, lagoon, "northern lake" or "ocelot lake") is the largest lake entirely within Peruvian territory. Even though Lake Titicaca has a much larger area, its eastern half is located on Bolivian territory. Lake Junin is an important birdwatching destination in the country.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lake Junín” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.