Laguna Miñiques
| Miñiques Lake | ||
|---|---|---|
Primary inflows Seepage from Laguna Miscanti | | |
| Basin countries | Chile | |
| Surface area | 1.6 km2 (0.62 sq mi) | |
| Salinity | Brackish | |
| Surface elevation | 4,120 m (13,520 ft) | |
Miñiques is the name of a lake and a volcano in
seepage
and its waters are brackish.
Lake
Laguna Miñiques lies at an altitude of 4,120 metres (13,520 ft) and is a lake with a surface area of 1.6 square kilometres (0.62 sq mi).brackish.[4]
Biology
The
cladocerans Alona pulchella and a Daphnia species, and the copepods Boeckella poopoensis and unidentified species of cyclopoida inhabit the lake.[1] The lake is part of the Los Flamencos National Reserve[5] and a tourism destination.[6]
Climate
The regional climate is dry and influenced by the
periglacial processes.[7] Presently, the average precipitation on Laguna Miñiques is about 180 mm/a (7.1 in/year) and the annual temperature averages 2 °C (36 °F).[8]
During the Pleistocene and earliest Holocene however increased precipitation resulted in advances of glaciers[9] and in the growth of lakes.[10] In the case of Miñiques, the lakes Miscanti and Pampa Varela (now a dry lake[11]) farther south became connected; a stream delta at Miñiques goes back to that time.[12]
References
- ^ ISSN 1568-5403.
- S2CID 128636498.
- ^ "Miñiques". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ Grosjean 2001, p. 36.
- ^ González, Juan; Wolter, Gabriela Lucia Luna; Valenzuela, Mario; Vita, Antonio (December 2007). "Actualización del Plan de Ordenación forestal y de desarrollo participativo para el bosque de Tambillo, Comuna de San Pedro de Atacama, Región de Antofagasta" (PDF). ResearchGate (in Spanish). UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS FORESTALES. p. 10. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- S2CID 129179725.
- ^ Schröder 1999, p. 119.
- S2CID 128494108.
- ^ Schröder 1999, p. 121.
- .
- ^ Grosjean 2001, p. 38.
- ^ Grosjean 2001, p. 37.
Sources
- Grosjean, M (February 2001). "A 22,000 14C year BP sediment and pollen record of climate change from Laguna Miscanti (23°S), northern Chile". Global and Planetary Change. 28 (1–4): 35–51. ISSN 0921-8181.
- Schröder, Hilmar (1999). "Vergleichende Periglazialmorphologie im Sommerregengebiet der Atacama". Erdkunde (in German). 53 (2): 119–135. .
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