Chungará Lake
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This article is about the lake in the Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile. For other uses, see Chunkara.
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Lake and Parinacota Volcano
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Location | Arica y Parinacota Region, Chile |
Coordinates | 18°15′S 69°09′W / 18.250°S 69.150°WCoordinates: 18°15′S 69°09′W / 18.250°S 69.150°W |
Primary inflows | Chungará, Sopocalane |
Basin countries | Chile |
Surface area | 21.5 square kilometres (8.3 sq mi) |
Max. depth | 33 metres (108 ft) |
Surface elevation | 4,517 metres (14,820 ft) |
Chungará (hispanicized spelling of Aymara chunkara "pointed mountain")[1] is a lake situated in the extreme north of Chile, in the Altiplano of Arica y Parinacota Region in the Lauca National Park. It is the 29th highest lake in the world (and the 10th highest in South America).[2] It is near the volcanos Parinacota (20,827 ft or 6,348 m) and Pomerape (20,413 ft or 6,222 m).[3] It was formed 8000 years ago, when a major collapse of the edifice of Parinacota produced an avalanche of 6 km³ of debris which blocked drainage pattern, thus creating the lake.
The pencil catfish Trichomycterus chungarensis and the pupfish Orestias chungarensis are endemic to the lake basin.
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- ^ "Diccionario Bilingüe Castellano-Aymara 2002". Félix Laime Pairumani. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
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