Poopó

[ paw-aw-paw ]

noun

1. a lake in southwestern Bolivia, in the Andes. 60 miles (95 kilometers) long; 12,000 feet (3,660 meters) above sea level.

Poopó

/ pooˈpo /

noun

1. Lake Poopó
   a lake in SW Bolivia, at an altitude of 3688 m (12 100 ft): fed by the Desaguadero River. Area: 2540 sq km (980 sq miles)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Poopó¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

She met with people on the desiccated shores of the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan and saw fishing boats abandoned on the dry bed of what was once Bolivia’s Lake Poopó.

From Los Angeles Times

Martínez lives roughly 100 miles from Lake Poopó, which was the country’s second-largest lake before it dried up in 2015.

From Washington Post

And the Uru of Lake Poopo are left clinging to its salt-crusted former shoreline in three small settlements, 635 people scrabbling for ways to make a living and struggling to save even their culture.

From Seattle Times

Government inaction contributed to the disappearance of Lake Poopó, a vast inland sea.

From The Guardian

Wildfires in California, the rapid evaporation of Lake Poopó in the Bolivian altiplano, and deep droughts in the Sahel of Africa and in large parts of Australia are signs of what is to come.

From Slate