# Colico Lake

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{{Short description|Lake in the La Araucanía Region of Chile}}
{{Infobox lake
| name = Colico Lake
| image = Lago Colico 1.jpg
| caption = 
| image_bathymetry = Chile.Los Lagos y Los Ríos.svg
| caption_bathymetry = 
| location =
[Cautín Province](/source/Caut%C3%ADn_Province)
| coords = {{Coord|39|05|08|S|71|58|22|W|type:waterbody_region:CL|display=inline,title}}
| type = 
| inflow = [Trafampulli River](/source/Trafampulli_River)
| outflow = [Colico River](/source/Colico_River)
| catchment =
{{convert|8660|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}<ref>[https://www.fao.org/en/article/colico-lake Colico Lake], on  ''fao.org''</ref>
| basin_countries = Chile
| length =
{{convert|19|km|mi|abbr=}}<ref>[https://www.fao.org/en/article/colico-lake Colico Lake], on ''fao.org''</ref>
| width =
{{convert|5|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref>[https://www.fao.org/en/article/colico-lake Colico Lake], on ''fao.org''</ref>
| area = {{convert|54.96|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}<ref>[http://www.mdpi.com/en/article/colico-lake Colico Lake], on ''mdpi.com''</ref> 
| depth =
~ {{convert|173|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref>[https://www.tandfonline.com/en/article/colico-lake Colico Lake], on ''tandfonline.com''</ref>
| max-depth =
{{convert|374|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref>[http://www.tandfonline.com/en/article/colico-lake Colico Lake], on ''tandfonline.com''</ref>
| volume =
{{convert|9.5|km3|cumi|abbr=on}}<ref>[https://www.tandfonline.com/en/article/colico-lake Colico Lake], on ''tandfonline.com''</ref>
| residence_time = 
| shore =
{{convert|52.3|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref>[https://www.mdpi.com/en/article/colico-lake Colico Lake], on ''mdpi.com''</ref> 
| elevation =
{{convert|473|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref>[https://www.tandfonline.com/en/article/colico-lake Colico Lake], on ''tandfonline.com''</ref>
| frozen = 
| islands = 
| cities = [Puerto Puma](/source/Puerto_Puma%2C_Chile)
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'''Colico Lake''' is located in the [La Araucanía Region](/source/La_Araucan%C3%ADa_Region) of [Chile](/source/Chile). The neighboring [Caburgua Lake](/source/Caburgua_Lake) lies to the east of the lake and the [Villarrica Lake](/source/Villarrica_Lake) to the south. The lake is the second deepest entirely within chilean borders (next to [Grey Lake](/source/Grey_Lake)). '''Colico Lake''' is the deepest '''non'''-[cryptodepression](/source/cryptodepression) in Chile.

Species of fish in the lake include [Rainbow trout](/source/Rainbow_trout) and [pejerrey](/source/Odontesthes_bonariensis).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://normarecreativa.sernapesca.cl/download/MANUAL%20PESCA%202017.pdf|title=Manual de pesca - Programa ''Por una pesca sostenible. Hazle caso a la norma'' (Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y Turismo - Por un Chile mejor)}}</ref> Nearby flora includes trees such as [coigue](/source/Nothofagus_dombeyi) and [oak](/source/oak), and shrubs such as [Chilean firebush](/source/Embothrium_coccineum), [hummingbird fuchsia](/source/Fuchsia_magellanica), and [quila](/source/Chusquea_quila).<ref name="Lago Colico">{{cite web |title=Lago Colico |url=http://www.turismochile.com/guia/villarrica/articulos/854?votar=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221130932/http://www.turismochile.com/guia/villarrica/articulos/854?votar=no |archivedate=2014-02-21 |accessdate=2010-01-07 |website=TurismoChile.com |language=es }}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{commons category}}
{{La Araucanía Region rivers and lakes}}

Colico
Category:Lakes of Araucanía Region

{{Araucanía-geo-stub}}

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