Lake Lagunillas

Lake Lagunillas is a lake in the Andes of far southeastern Peru. Lagunillas is at an altitude of about 4,250 m (13,900 ft) 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 50 km (30 mi) from Lake Lagunillas as the crow flies.[1][2]

Lake Lagunillas
The lake Lagunillas with the Sillapaka mountain range in the background (on the left).
LocationPuno Region
Coordinates15.725°S 70.735556°W / -15.725; -70.735556
Basin countriesPeru
Surface elevationc. 4,250 m (13,900 ft)

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.[3] Lake Lagunillas is home to the unusual and relatively large "escomeli" form of the Titicaca water frog.[1]

See also
  • List of lakes in Peru

References
  1. Vellard, J. (1992). "The Amphibia". In C. Dejoux; A. Iltis (eds.). Lake Titicaca: a synthesis of limnological knowledge. Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 449–557. ISBN 0-7923-1663-0.
  2. Benavides, E.; J.C. Ortiz; J.W. Sites, JR. (2002). "Species boundaries among the Telmatobius (Anura : Leptodactylidae) of the Lake Titicaca basin: Allozyme and morphological evidence". Herpetologica. 58 (1): 31–55. doi:10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0031:SBATTA]2.0.CO;2.
  3. IMARPE; PELT (2014). "Monitoreo ecológico y limnológico de la Laguna de Lagunillas, Lampa - Puno (Convenio IMARPE-PELT)". IMARPE - Laboratorio Continental de Puno. 1: 1–53. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.1592.6004.
  • INEI, Compendio Estadistica 2007, page 26


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.