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Llancanelo Lake

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Mendoza Province

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Llancanelo Lake (Spanish: Laguna de Llancanelo) is a wetland with an area of 650 km² located in the Malargüe Department in the south of Mendoza Province, Argentina, 75 km from the city of Malargüe, at 1,280 m above mean sea level, within the arid region near the Andes in the limit between the regions of Cuyo and Patagonia.

Map of Laguna Llancanelo, Mendoza Province, Argentina

Llancanelo Lake is a provincial nature reserve. It hosts a variety of bird species, including flamingos, black-necked swans, herons and ducks. The lake is also a Ramsar Convention site (RS #759) since 8 November 1995.

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Llancanelo Lake Wikipedia