Chinchayqucha

Nature reserve Junínsee

The Junín Lake (Spanish Lake Junín; Quechua: Chinchaycocha ) is after the Titicaca Lake the second largest lake in South America Peru.

Location

The Junín Lake is 4082 meters above sea level in the Meseta of Bombón in the region Junín.

Size

The depth of the lake varies between wet and dry years by up to 1.5-2 m. The size of the lake depends on the height of the water level, which is now regulated by a hydroelectric power plant at the outlet of the lake in the Río Upamayo.

Natural Park of Lake Junín

On August 7, 1974, the reserve was founded by Junín, the lake (area 175 km ²) and its direct surroundings and comprises an area of 530 km ².

The lake and the surrounding areas have an extraordinary animal and plant diversity unique in the world of plant formations. Mammals such as the wild guinea pig (Cavia tschudii ), frogs, such as the Batrachophrynus macrostomus, Andenkärpflinge as Orestias elegans and Orestias empyraeus, birds such as the Punataucher and plants such as the reed totora occur here. The subspecies Rollandia rolland morresoni of Rolland - diver breeds only in this lake.

Since 1933, the flora and fauna of the nature reserve have been damaged by debris from the mines of the region, also by sewage from the cities of Junín and Carhuamayo who have the natural process of eutrophication of the wetland accelerated since then.