HydroLAKES lake · #10395
Laguna del Negro Francisco
Natural lakeChileSouth America 4132 m
Surface area
13,11km²
Avg depth
3,4m
Volume
44,92km³
Shoreline
15,8km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- CopiapóAtacama · Chile13.09 km²100.0% of lake
2 intersecting protected areas
Complejo Lacustre Laguna del Negro Francisco y Laguna Santa Rosa
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
13.09 km² overlap
Nevado de Tres Cruces
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
13.09 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
21 distinct species · 23 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
13,11km²
Avg depth
3,4m
Volume
44,920km³
Watershed
699km²
Shoreline
15,8km
Shore dev. idx
1,23
Residence time
13 332days
Elevation
4 132m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.