Laguna Colorada

{{short description|Shallow salt lake in the southwest of the altiplano of Bolivia}}

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{{Infobox body of water

| name = Laguna Colorada

| image = Andean Flamingos Laguna Colorada Bolivia Luca Galuzzi 2006.jpg

| caption = Andean Flamingos

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| location = Potosí, Bolivia

| coords = {{coord|22|11|55|S|67|46|52|W|region:BO_type:waterbody_source:dewiki|display=inline,title}}

| type = salt lakeAmusing Planet website, at [https://www.amusingplanet.com/2014/11/laguna-colorada-red-lagoon-of-bolivia.html Laguna Colorada: The Red Lagoon of Bolivia] .

| inflow = Rio Sulor{{cite book |last= Hurlbert |first=Stuart H.|date=6 Dec 2012 |title=Saline Lakes V: Proceedings of the Vth International Symposium on Inland Saline Lakes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1o_pCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA265|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |page=264 |isbn=9789401120760}}

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| basin_countries = Bolivia

| length = {{convert|10.7|km|abbr=on}}

| width = {{convert|9.6|km|abbr=on}}

| area = {{convert|60|km2|abbr=on}}

| depth = {{convert|0.35|m|abbr=on}}

| max-depth = {{convert|1.5|m|abbr=on}}

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| shore = {{convert|35|km|abbr=on}}

| elevation = {{convert|4,278|m|abbr=on}}

| islands = numerous, sometimes huge borax deposit islands

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| pushpin_label = Laguna Colorada

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| pushpin_map = Bolivia#South America

| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Laguna Colorada in Bolivia.

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| pushpin_label_position= bottom

| embedded = {{Infobox mapframe |wikidata=yes |zoom=11 |coord={{WikidataCoord|display=i}}}} {{Designation list

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| designation1 = Ramsar

| designation1_offname = Los Lípez

| designation1_date = 27 June 1990

| designation1_number = 489{{Cite web|title=Los Lípez|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/489|accessdate=25 April 2018}}}}

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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.