HydroLAKES lake · #10240
Laguna Suches
Natural lakeBoliviaSouth America 4602 m
Surface area
12,61km²
Avg depth
19m
Volume
240,12km³
Shoreline
33km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- San Antonio de PutinaPuno · Peru7.51 km²59.8% of lake
- Franz TamayoLa Paz · Bolivia5.05 km²40.2% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Apolobamba
IUCN Not ReportedNational Natural Integrated Management Area
4.03 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
42 distinct species · 43 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
12,61km²
Avg depth
19,0m
Volume
240,120km³
Watershed
169km²
Shoreline
33,0km
Shore dev. idx
2,62
Residence time
605days
Elevation
4 602m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.