LIVING LAKES - Lakes

Lake Titicaca

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Lake Titicaca is the second largest lake in South America

and the largest navigable lake in the world. It is located

in the Peruvian and Bolivian Altiplano at 3800 masl.

The Lake is particularly transparent and has blue waters.

Partner organizations working in the lake:
Asociación Boliviana para la Conservación TROPICO

Lake Atitlán

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This lake is surrounded by a landscape enclosing

several fascinating towns and villages.

Atitlán is a natural jewel of pure waters. It is deepest

lake in Central America and highlyvisited because of

its beauty; it is two hours from Guatemala city.

Partner organizations working in the lake:

Asociación Vivamos Mejor

Laguna de Fúquene

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Fúquene is a body of sweet water located to the east
of the Colombian Andes, at 2540 masl.
Lagoon Fúquene is part of the wetlands complex
of the Ubaté River valley.

Partner organizations working in the lake:

Asociación Fundación Humedales

Lake Chapala

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Lake Chapala is the largest of México, stretching

over 1.110km. It is located in the mountain range of

Sierra Madre, 50 minutes from Guadalajara city.

To many visitors it is the retirement Paradise

Partner organizations working in the lake:

- Amigos del Lago Chapala
- Fundación Cuenca Lerma Chapala

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Lagoon de Rocha, in 1977, was declared a National Park.
It extends along 70 km2 and a belt of sand separating it
from the ocean. It is an extensive body of shallow water,
with plenty of sand, located in the Rocha department.

Partner organizations working in the lake:

Amigos de las Lagunas Costeras del Rocha

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A great salty lagoon located in Córdoba. It has the
largest lacustrine surface of Argentina and it is the largest
salt lagoon in the world, with a surface of 6000 km2.
Mar Chiquita is the epicenter of a basin counting on several
and important affluents.

Partner organizations working in the lake:

Centro de Zoología Aplicada PROMAR

Lake Pantanal

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The Pantanal, located mostly in Brazil, is an immense

alluvial plain covering some parts of Bolivia and Paraguay.
It is the largest wetland in the planet, with a surface of
200.000 km2, and the richest ecosystem as to fauna
and flora biodiversity.

Partner organizations working in the lake:

Fundación de Apoyo a la Vida en los Trópicos ECOTROPICA

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Complex Lagunitas belongs the Reserva Mbaracayú.
The Reserve is in the oriental regions of Paraguay.
Mbaracayú has almost 65.000 ha, including representative
exemplars of two ecosystems; today, these are the
priorities of world conservation.

Partner organizations working in the lake:

Fundación Moisés Bertoni