| Laguna Colorada | |||||
| Location: | Potosí, Bolivia | ||||
| Coords: | -22.1986°N -67.7811°W | ||||
| Type: | salt lake[1] | ||||
| Inflow: | Rio Sulor[2] | ||||
| Basin Countries: | Bolivia | ||||
| Length: | 10.7km (06.6miles) | ||||
| Width: | 9.6km (06miles) | ||||
| Area: | 60km2 | ||||
| Depth: | 0.35m (01.15feet) | ||||
| Max-Depth: | 1.5m (04.9feet) | ||||
| Shore: | 35km (22miles) | ||||
| Elevation: | 4278m (14,035feet) | ||||
| Islands: | numerous, sometimes huge borax deposit islands | ||||
| Pushpin Label: | Laguna Colorada | ||||
| Pushpin Map: | Bolivia#South America | ||||
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Laguna Colorada in Bolivia. | ||||
| Pushpin Relief: | y | ||||
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom | ||||
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Laguna Colorada (Red Lagoon) is a shallow salt lake in the southwest of the altiplano of Bolivia, within Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve and close to the border with Chile, notable for the reddish color of its waters.
The lake contains borax islands, whose white color contrasts with the reddish color of its waters, which is caused by red sediments and pigmentation of some algae.[3]
Laguna Colorada is part of the Los Lípez (formerly Laguna Colorada) Ramsar wetland. It was listed as a "Ramsar Wetland of International Importance" in 1990. On, July 13, 2009, the site was expanded from 513.18 to 14277.17km2 to include the surrounding high Andean endorheic, hypersaline and brackish lakes and associated wetlands (known as bofedales).[4]
James's flamingos abound in the area. It is also possible to find Andean and Chilean flamingos, but in lesser quantities.