Huayna Potosi 2
by Gonzalo Leonardini, La Paz, Bolivia
Site near Huayna Potosi mountain (left) taken from a dam at Milluni mine (La Paz-Bolivia). The lac is fed by rainfall and glacial melt and it is an important reservoir of water supply for La Paz city. In the last years, mining activity has increased the waste contamination in this lac.
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- Cryospheric Sciences (698)
- Energy, Resources and the Environment (322)
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- Hydrological Sciences (652)
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Location
- South America (318)
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (53)
- Exact location (-68.1636 W, -16.3557 S)
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4320 × 3240 px;
image/jpeg; 2.9 MB
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Canon PowerShot SX30 IS
Taken on 10
January
2012
Submitted on 1 March 2013
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
Credit
Gonzalo Leonardini (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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