Lake · Oruro Department

Poopó Lake

3,686 m12,093 ft

Area: 1,596 km²
Max depth: 2 m
Tonight: 8°CRain · Wind 25 km/h N

Poopó Lake is a lake at 3,686 m above sea level in Oruro Department, Bolivia, 1,596 km² in area and 83.1 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 3,686 m
Length: 83.1 km
Shoreline: 297.4 km

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Lake

Poopó Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 297.4 km

3D map

Poopó Lake 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Poopó Lake terrain and contours

25 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Poopó Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Poopó Lake weather

Tonight · Rain · 8°C (46°F) · 5.1 mm · Wind 25 km/h N

Poopó Lake forecast for about 3,686 m.

Tonight8°5.1 mm25 km/h N
Sat5°19°–41 km/h W
Sun3°19°–49 km/h NW
Mon4°19°–36 km/h SW
Tue8°18°–20 km/h SW
Wed8°16°0.6 mm21 km/h W
Thu6°16°–31 km/h SW
Fri7°17°–36 km/h SW
Sat6°18°–36 km/h SW
Sun9°19°–14 km/h S

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 95% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

95.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

4.5%

Steep, 30–45°

0.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.3% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 698 m low point 3,684 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 60.5%Grassland 18.2%Water 15.2%Cropland 5.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Poopó Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGPoopó Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-24.

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GIS & GPS

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-24)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
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