Lake Lagunillas
{{Short description|Lake in Peru}}
{{Infobox lake
| name = Lake Lagunillas
| image = Laguna Lagunillas (Peru).png
| caption = The lake Lagunillas with the Sillapaka mountain range in the background (on the left).
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| location = Puno Region
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| basin_countries = Peru
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| elevation = {{circa}} {{cvt|4250|m|ft|-2}}
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Lake Lagunillas is a lake in the Andes of far southeastern Peru. Lagunillas is at an altitude of about {{cvt|4250|m|ft|-2}} and it is located just northwest of Lake Saracocha. These two lakes are part of the system drained by the Coata River, which flows in a generally easterly direction until entering westernmost Lake Titicaca, about {{cvt|50|km|mi|-1}} from Lake Lagunillas as the crow flies.{{cite book | author=Vellard, J. | year=1992 | chapter=The Amphibia | pages=449–557 | editor1=C. Dejoux | editor2=A. Iltis | title=Lake Titicaca: a synthesis of limnological knowledge | publisher=Kluwer Academic Publishers | isbn=0-7923-1663-0 }}{{cite journal | author1=Benavides, E. | author2=J.C. Ortiz | author3=J.W. Sites, JR. | year=2002 | title=Species boundaries among the Telmatobius (Anura : Leptodactylidae) of the Lake Titicaca basin: Allozyme and morphological evidence | journal=Herpetologica | volume=58 | issue=1 | pages=31–55 | doi=10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0031:SBATTA]2.0.CO;2 }}
In 2014, the pupfish Orestias luteus made up slightly more than 70% of catches in fisheries, with the remaining being the introduced rainbow trout, a species also farmed in the lake.{{cite journal | author1=IMARPE | author2=PELT | year=2014 | title=Monitoreo ecológico y limnológico de la Laguna de Lagunillas, Lampa - Puno (Convenio IMARPE-PELT) | journal=IMARPE - Laboratorio Continental de Puno | volume=1 | pages=1–53 | doi=10.13140/RG.2.1.1592.6004 }} Lake Lagunillas is home to the unusual and relatively large "escomeli" form of the Titicaca water frog.
Climate
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|location = Lake Lagunillas, elevation {{convert|4200|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Jan high C = 13.8
|Feb high C = 13.8
|Mar high C = 13.5
|Apr high C = 14.2
|May high C = 14.0
|Jun high C = 13.2
|Jul high C = 13.2
|Aug high C = 14.1
|Sep high C = 15.2
|Oct high C = 16.2
|Nov high C = 16.4
|Dec high C = 15.2
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|Jan mean C = 7.6
|Feb mean C = 7.6
|Mar mean C = 7.4
|Apr mean C = 7.1
|May mean C = 5.6
|Jun mean C = 4.1
|Jul mean C = 4.0
|Aug mean C = 4.7
|Sep mean C = 6.2
|Oct mean C = 7.3
|Nov mean C = 7.9
|Dec mean C = 7.8
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|Jan low C = 1.2
|Feb low C = 1.3
|Mar low C = 1.3
|Apr low C = -0.1
|May low C = -2.8
|Jun low C = -5.0
|Jul low C = -5.2
|Aug low C = -4.8
|Sep low C = -2.9
|Oct low C = -1.7
|Nov low C = -0.7
|Dec low C = 0.4
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|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 163
|Feb precipitation mm = 139
|Mar precipitation mm = 114
|Apr precipitation mm = 41
|May precipitation mm = 9
|Jun precipitation mm = 3
|Jul precipitation mm = 2
|Aug precipitation mm = 7
|Sep precipitation mm = 13
|Oct precipitation mm = 27
|Nov precipitation mm = 51
|Dec precipitation mm = 97
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| Jan humidity = 63
| Feb humidity = 63
| Mar humidity = 62
| Apr humidity = 53
| May humidity = 46
| Jun humidity = 45
| Jul humidity = 44
| Aug humidity = 43
| Sep humidity = 42
| Oct humidity = 42
| Nov humidity = 46
| Dec humidity = 52
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| source 1 = Plataforma digital única del Estado Peruano{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240611060222/http://pelt.gob.pe/sirh/Plan_Director/estudio%20de%20climatologia.pdf
| archive-date = 11 June 2024
| url = http://pelt.gob.pe/sirh/Plan_Director/estudio%20de%20climatologia.pdf
| title = PLAN DIRECTOR GLOBAL BINACIONAL DE PROTECCION - PREVENCION DE INUNDACIONES V APROVECHAMIENTO DE LOS RECURSOS DEL LAGO TITICACA, RIO DESAGUADERO, LAGO POOPO V LAGO SALAR E COIPASA (SISTEMA T.D.P.S.) ESTUDIO DE CLIMATOLOGIA
| publisher= The European Commission (EC)
| access-date = 11 June 2024}}
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See also
References
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- INEI, Compendio Estadistica 2007, page 26
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Category:Lakes of the Department of Puno
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