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Rogagua Lake is a
lake in the pampas area in the northern
Bolivia
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, in the
José Ballivián Province of the
Beni Department
Beni (), sometimes El Beni, is a northeastern department of Bolivia, in the lowlands region of the country. It is the second-largest department in the country (after Santa Cruz), covering 213,564 square kilometers (82,458 sq mi), and it was cre ...
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Laguna Rogagua and some smaller lakes are north of
Santa Rosa, Beni, Bolivia
Santa Rosa de Yacuma or Santa Rosa del Yacuma (short: ''Santa Rosa'') is a small town in the Amazon pampas of the Bolivian Beni Department.
Location
''Santa Rosa de Yacuma'' is the administrative center of the Santa Rosa Municipality in the Josà ...
, and north east of
Rurrenabaque
Rurrenabaque is a small town in the north of Bolivia on the Beni River. It is the capital of Rurrenabaque Municipality. In recent years it has become popular with international tourism as it is an easy gateway for visits to Madidi National Park ( ...
and
Reyes, Bolivia
Reyes is the city capital of the José Ballivián Province in the Beni Department of northern Bolivia and as well as of the Reyes Municipality.
History
The Jesuit mission of Santos Reyes was founded in 1706.. Movima Indians resided at the m ...
. Some of the popular pampas tours from Rurrenabaque go to the area of Laguna Rogagua or to the area of the
Yacuma River
The Yacuma River is a river in Bolivia, which feeds into the Mamoré River and ultimately into the Amazon. The headwaters of the Yacuma are within the Pilón Lajas Biosphere Reserve and Communal Lands.
Rio Yacuma starts about east of Rurrenabaq ...
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Partial and shortened translation from the Spanish Wikipedia:
:Rogagua Lake is a tropical Bolivian fresh water lake, located in the Amazonian river basin of the Beni Department. The Lake is 21 km in length by 9 km and has an area of 155 km² and perimeter of 52 kilometers, and is thus one of greatest lakes of Bolivia. Rogagua is an important reservoir for fresh water and wild life.
Lakes of Beni Department
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