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Bodies of Water

Lake Poopo

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A large, extremely shallow salt lake on the Bolivian altiplano, historically the country's second-largest lake before it dried up almost entirely in the 2010s due to drought, upstream diversion and climate change. Its near-total disappearance is widely cited as a stark case of a major lake lost within a single generation.

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Area (sq km)
1000 1
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Bolivia, Countries
Sources
1. Lake Poopó (Wikipedia)
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