Milluni (Aymara millu light brown, reddish, fair-haired, dark chestnut,[2] -ni suffix to indicate ownership, "the one that has got a brown colour") is a lake on the western side of the Cordillera Real of Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, El Alto Municipality, north of El Alto.
| Milluni Lake | |
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| Laguna Milluni | |
 Milluni Lake and the smaller Milluni Chico with El Alto in the background | |
  Milluni Lake  Milluni Lake | |
| Location | Bolivia, La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, El Alto Municipality |
| Coordinates | 16°21′30″S 68°10′0″W / 16.35833°S 68.16667°W |
| Surface area | 2.37 km2 (0.92 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 8.6 m (28 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 4,565 m (14,977 ft) |
| References | [1] |
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The lake is situated at a height of 4,565 metres (14,977 ft) south of the mountain Wayna Potosí, at the foot of Chacaltaya. It is about 1.83 km long and 1 km at its widest point. The surface is 2.37 km2 (0.92 sq mi).[3] At the south side there is a dam.
Milluni Lake is also called Milluni Grande (Spanish for big) in order to distinguish it from a smaller, half moon shaped lake next to it in the north, Milluni Chico (Spanish for small), which is situated at a height of 4,585 m.
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A group of llamas is grazing at Milluni Lake. Wayna Potosí is in the background. -
Milluni Chico is the lake in the background
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ mapcarta.com "Laguna Milluni", retrieved on December 14, 2012
- ^ aymara.ucb.edu.bo Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine CAFÉ claro. Bermejo, ja. // Pelirrubio, bia. De pelo rubio. // Castaño obscuro. adj. Paqu, p'aqu, chuchi, millu.
- ^ Sonia Isela Sacaca Cuellar, "Distribución de bacterias sulfato reductoras en sedimentos de lagunas y turbera de la cuenca Milluni Cordellera Real, La Paz-Bolivia", Tesis para optar al grado de licenciatura en Bioquímica, La Paz, Bolivia, 2009, p. 35
External links edit
- El Alto Municipality: population data and map showing Milluni Lake
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