Uru Uru Lake

E354383

Uru Uru Lake is a shallow, high-altitude saline lake in the Bolivian Altiplano, known for its ecological importance and vulnerability to pollution and water level fluctuations.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lake Uru Uru 1
Uru Uru Lake canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf endorheic lake ⓘ
lake ⓘ
saline lake ⓘ
area approximately 100 square miles ⓘ
approximately 260 km² ⓘ
basinCountry Bolivia ⓘ
climateRegion high-altitude ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Bolivia ⓘ
depthCharacteristic shallow ⓘ
drainageBasin Altiplano endorheic basin ⓘ
elevation 3686 m ⓘ
approximately 12090 feet above sea level ⓘ
approximately 3686 metres above sea level ⓘ
environmentalIssue climate-change-related drying ⓘ
eutrophication ⓘ
heavy metal pollution ⓘ
industrial pollution ⓘ
mining waste contamination ⓘ
sewage pollution ⓘ
water diversion ⓘ
formedBy overflow from Desaguadero River ⓘ
habitatFor Andean waterbirds ⓘ
fish ⓘ
flamingos ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
inflow Desaguadero River ⓘ
Tagarete River ⓘ
knownFor ecological importance ⓘ
vulnerability to pollution ⓘ
water level fluctuations ⓘ
locatedIn Bolivian Altiplano ⓘ
linked to: Altiplano plateau

Oruro Department ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Poopó Lake ⓘ
locatedOn Altiplano ⓘ
linked to: Altiplano plateau
locatedSouthOf Oruro ⓘ
nearCity Oruro ⓘ
outflow Poopó Lake ⓘ
partOf Poopó–Uru Uru lake system ⓘ
linked to: Poopó Lake
proximityTo Cerro San Pedro mining area ⓘ
salinityTrend increasing salinity in dry periods ⓘ
usedBy local communities ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
waterLevelCharacteristic highly variable ⓘ
waterLevelThreat periodic drying ⓘ
waterType brackish ⓘ
saline ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Poopó Lake → outflow → Uru Uru Lake ⓘ
Oruro Department → contains → Lake Uru Uru ⓘ
linked to: Uru Uru Lake