Corani Lake

The Corani Lake ( bolivian: Laguna Corani ) is a 18 km ² large dam in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location

The Corani Lake is located in one of the high valleys of the Bolivian Cordillera Oriental halfway between Altiplano and Chapare lowlands. It has a size of about 18 square kilometers and extends over a length of 9,500 m and a maximum width of 2,200 m. The lake belongs to the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Colomi and is located in the province of Chapare in Cochabamba Department.

Traffic network

Along the east bank performs the highway Ruta 4, which crosses with a length of 1657 km, the entire country in West - East direction. The road begins in the west at Tambo Quemado to the Chilean border, happened Cochabamba and Sacaba and reached after 430 km of the city on the southern edge of the Colomi Corani Lake. The road continues east across Santa Cruz to Puerto Suarez in the Brazilian border.

Climate

The region's climate is temperate and a typical diurnal climate, in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night be stronger than between the cold and warm season.

The mean average temperature of the region is almost 11 ° C (see climate chart Colomi ), the monthly values ​​fluctuate while only slightly between 8 ° C in June / July and about 14 ° C in November. The annual rainfall is around 550 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September, with monthly rainfall less than 15 mm, and a brief humidity from December to February 90 to 120 mm month precipitation.

Importance

The lake supplies the 50 km far Cochabamba region with drinking water and electricity, as well as the lake is a popular destination for anglers and hikers.