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List of lakes in Beni Department

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This is a list of lakes in the Beni Department, Bolivia. The Beni Department lies largely within the Llanos de Moxos, a seasonally flooded tropical savanna of the upper Madeira River basin in the Bolivian Amazon. The Llanos de Moxos landscape includes forested natural levees (alturas), sparsely wooded backslopes (semialturas), and seasonally flooded interfluvial basins (bajíos), with forest islands scattered throughout. Several hundred perennial lakes occur across the region. Most of the lakes are shallow — typically less than 2 m (6.6 ft) deep, with flat bottoms. Many are distinguished by rectangular or oval outlines and a northeast–southwest orientation; approximately 700 such geometric and 'oriented' lake basins have been identified in the Llanos de Moxos, covering about 1,900 km2 (730 sq mi) (2,600 km2 (1,000 sq mi) including dry lakes). Annual rainfall in the region ranges from 1,600 mm (63 in) to 3,500 mm (140 in), concentrated in a wet season from November to April. Satellite estimates from 1979 to 1987 put the area flooded across the Llanos de Moxos floodplain between 2,069 km2 (799 sq mi) and 78,460 km2 (30,290 sq mi), with a median of 23,383 km2 (9,028 sq mi). The origin of the oriented lake shapes has been debated. A tectonic model proposed in 1964 argued that rectangular lake basins are surface expressions of subsiding or vibrating basement blocks. A 2014 study rebutted the basement blocks theory, proposing instead a process in which basin depressions were subsequently reshaped by wind and waves. Separately, neotectonic uplift along the southern margin of the Fitzcarrald Arch has been proposed as the origin of larger ria lakes such as El Océano Lake and Rogaguado Lake, whose basins formed as river drainage backed up behind rising knickpoints. The lakes and waterways of the Llanos de Moxos have been modified by pre-Columbian peoples living in the Llanos de Moxos, who built networks of earthen fish weirs across the seasonally-flooded plains of Baures, as well as settlements linked by causeways and served by canals and reservoirs. Some of the lakes in the Beni Department lie outside the Llanos de Moxos, in the Southwest Amazon moist forests or the Madeira–Tapajós moist forests.

Aquiles Lake Laguna Áquiles is a lake in the Beni Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 224 m (735 ft), its surface area is 19 km2 (7.3 sq mi). See on map

Araré Lake

Laguna de Arani or Laguna de Araré is a lake in the Marbán Province, Beni Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 160 m (520 ft), its surface area is 68 km2 (26 sq mi). See on map

Aricare Lake Laguna Aricare is a lake in the Beni Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 180 m, its surface area is 10.33 km². See on map

Laguna Azul Laguna Azul (Spanish for "blue lake" or "blue lagoon") is a lake in the Beni Department, Bolivia. Its surface area is 6.1 km2. It is in the Madeira–Tapajós moist forests ecoregion. See on map

Bolivia Lake Laguna Bolivia is a lake in the Marbán Province, Beni Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 166 m, its surface area is 11 km². See on map

Bravo Lake Laguna Bravo is a seasonal lake in the Yacuma Province, Beni Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 167 m, its surface area is 25.7 km². See on map

Buenos Aires Lake Buenos Aires Lake is a lake in the Beni Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 206 m, its surface area is 7.6 km². It is in the Southwest Amazon moist forests ecoregion. See on map

Cachimbo Lake Laguna Cachimbo is a lake in the Beni Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 196 m, its surface area is 26.56 km². It lies near the Beni border with the Santa Cruz Department. Its dimensions are approximately 5.48 km (3.41 mi) long by 5.41 km (3.36 mi) wide. It is in the Southwest Amazon moist forests ecoregion. See on map

Carreras Lake Laguna Carreras is a lake in the Beni Department, Bolivia. Its surface area is 13 km2. See on map

El Encanto Lake El Encanto Lake is a seasonal lake bordering Beni Department, Bolivia and Aguapeí, Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. At an elevation of 170 m, its surface area is 4.5 km2. See on map

Francia Lake

Francia Lake is a lake in the Beni Department, Bolivia. Its surface area is 5.6 square kilometres (2.2 sq mi). It is in the Madeira–Tapajós moist forests ecoregion. See on map

Guachuna Lake Guachuna Lake is a lake in the Yacuma Province, Beni Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 150 m, its surface area is 102.8 km². Its outflow is the San Miguel River. See on map

Las Habras Lake Las Habras Lake is a lake in the Beni Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 136 m, its surface area is 73 km2. It is in the Southwest Amazon moist forests ecoregion. See on map

Huachi Lake

Huachi Lake is a lake in the Beni Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 173 m, its surface area is 67 km². It is in the Madeira–Tapajós moist forests ecoregion. See on map

Huaytunas Lake Huaytunas Lake is a lake in the Yacuma Province, Beni Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 146 m, its surface area is 329.5 km². Huaytunas Lake has two islands. See on map

Isirere Lake

Isirere Lake or Iserere Lake is a lake in the Beni Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 258 m, its surface area is 19.3 km². See on map

Jara Lake

Laguna Jara is a lake in the Beni Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 191 m, its surface area is 16.5 km2. It is in the Madeira–Tapajós moist forests ecoregion. Formerly, the Jorá language was spoken around the lake; it is now thought to be extinct. See on map

Laguna Larga

Laguna Larga is a lake in the Beni Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 148 m, its surface area is 100 km2. See on map

Mancornadas Lake Laguna Mamornadas is a lake in the Beni Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 163 m, its surface area is 74.16 km². Mancornadas Lake has one island. See on map

Maracaibo Lake Maracaibo Lake is a lake in the Cercado Province, Beni Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 177 m, its surface area is 15.8 km2. It is in the Madeira–Tapajós moist forests ecoregion. See on map

Matuwal Lake Laguna Matuwal is a lake in the east part of Beni Department, Bolivia. Its surface area is 6.83 km² and a coastal perimeter of 10.1 kilometers. Matuwal lagoon is a Bolivian Amazon freshwater lagoon located near the town of Bella Vista. See on map

Navidad Lake Navidad Lake is a lake in the Beni Department, Bolivia at an elevation of 160 m, with surface area 22.5 km2. See on map

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