波波湖
Also known as Poopo Lake, Poopo
salt lake in Bolivia
AI overview
Poopó Lake is a salt lake located in Bolivia that was once one of the country's largest bodies of water. It has significant importance to the region's ecology and the communities that depend on it, though it has faced serious environmental challenges in recent decades.
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Key facts
- Location
- Altiplano
- Type
- Endorheic salt lake
- Primary inflows
- River Desaguadero
- Primary outflows
- evaporation
- Catchment area
- 27,700 km (10,700 sq mi)
- Basin countries
- Bolivia
- Surface area
- 1,000 km (390 sq mi)
- Average depth
- >1 m (3 ft 3 in)
- Surface elevation
- 3,686 m (12,093 ft)
- Settlements
- Oruro , Challapata
- Official name
- Lagos Poopó y Uru Uru
- Designated
- 11 July 2002
via Wikipedia infobox
Article · 中文
波波湖（西班牙語：Lago Poopó，西班牙語發音：[ˈlaɣo po.oˈpo]）是南美洲的鹹水湖，位於玻利維亞西南部阿爾蒂普拉諾高原，為玻利维亚第二大湖，仅次于的的喀喀湖，是一个高原湖泊，湖面海拔3690米，长90公里，宽32公里，面积2800平方公里，92%湖水經德薩瓜德羅河流入。由於沒有河流發源自波波湖，加上平均深度少於3米，因此波波湖的面積變化很大。 2002年，根據拉姆薩公約，波波湖被指定為保護區。在2015年12月之前，湖泊已經完全乾涸，只剩下少數沼澤地區。 2016年，歐洲太空總署證實波波湖的湖水已經被完全蒸發。
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