HydroLAKES lake · #120626
Embalse Caritaya
Natural lakeChileSouth America 3644 m
Surface area
3,89km²
Avg depth
4,3m
Volume
16,72km³
Shoreline
13,5km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- AricaArica y Parinacota · Chile3.87 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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
3,89km²
Avg depth
4,3m
Volume
16,720km³
Watershed
375km²
Shoreline
13,5km
Shore dev. idx
1,94
Residence time
21 506days
Elevation
3 644m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.