Colico Lake

Colico Lake is located in the La Araucanía Region of Chile. The neighboring Caburgua Lake lies to the east of the lake and the Villarrica Lake to the south. The lake is the deepest entirely within chilean borders.

Colico Lake
Colico Lake
Coordinates	39°05′08″S 71°58′22″W
Primary inflows	Trafampulli River
Primary outflows	Colico River
Basin countries	Chile
Surface area	54.96 km2 (21.22 sq mi)[1]
Max. depth	416 m (1,365 ft)[2]
Shore length1	52.3 km (32.5 mi)[3]
Surface elevation	500 m (1,600 ft)[4]
Settlements	Puerto Puma
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Species of fish in the lake include Rainbow trout and pejerrey.^[5] Nearby flora includes trees such as coigue and oak, and shrubs such as Chilean firebush, hummingbird fuchsia, and quila.^[6]

References

1. Colico Lake, on mdpi.com
2. Lago Colico, on wikipedia.org
3. Colico Lake, on mdpi.com
4. Lago Colico, on wikipedia.org
5. "Manual de pesca - Programa Por una pesca sostenible. Hazle caso a la norma (Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y Turismo - Por un Chile mejor)" (PDF).
6. "Lago Colico". TurismoChile.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2010-01-07.