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Rogaguado Lake is a tropical
fresh water
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in the northern
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
, in the
Yacuma Province of the
Beni Department
Beni (), sometimes El Beni, is a northeastern Departments of Bolivia, department of Bolivia, in the lowlands region of the country. It is the second-largest department in the country (after Santa Cruz), covering 213,564 square kilometers (82,458 ...
. It is close to the
Rogagua Lake. The lake is 25,40
km long and 18,53 km wide, and it has an area of 315
km²
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1 km2 is equal to:
* 1,000,000 squar ...
, making it one of the biggest lakes in Bolivia. It contains six
island
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s, the biggest ones of 1
km²
The square kilometre (square kilometer in American spelling; symbol: km2) is a multiple of the square metre, the SI unit of area or surface area. In the SI unit of area (m2), 1 km2 is equal to 1M(m2).
1 km2 is equal to:
* 1,000,000 squar ...
and the smaller ones of 0,65
km²
The square kilometre (square kilometer in American spelling; symbol: km2) is a multiple of the square metre, the SI unit of area or surface area. In the SI unit of area (m2), 1 km2 is equal to 1M(m2).
1 km2 is equal to:
* 1,000,000 squar ...
, located at the north side of the lake.
Lakes of Beni Department
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