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Laguna Colorada is a shallow salt lake in the southwest of the altiplano of Bolivia, within Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve and close to the border with Chile.ContentsThe lake contains borax islands, whose white color contrasts with the reddish color of its waters, which is caused by red sediments and pigmentation of some algae.GeographyLaguna Colorada is part of the Los Lípez Ramsar wetland. It was listed as a "Ramsar Wetland of International Importance" in 1990. On, July 13, 2009 the site was expanded from 513.18 to 14277.17km2 to include the surrounding high Andean endorheic, hypersaline and brackish lakes and associated wetlands .FaunaJames's flamingos abound in the area. Also it is possible to find Andean and Chilean flamingos, but in a minor quantity.