Laguna Salada
Laguna Salada is a vast dry lake some 10 meters below sea level in the Sonoran Desert of Baja California, 30 km southwest of Mexicali. This lake was called "Ha wi mək" in Cocopah language and "Ha-sa-ai" in Kumeyaay language.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Lake (intermittent)
- Description: lake in Mexico
- Also known as: “Laguna Macuato”, “Laguna Maquata”, and “Laguna Salada Macuara”
Laguna Salada
- Categories: saline lagoon and body of water
- Location: Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
32.33159° or 32° 19′ 54″ northLongitude
-115.61859° or 115° 37′ 7″ westElevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)Open location code
854689JJ+JHOpenStreetMap ID
way 543778371OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeOpenStreetMap attribute
intermittent=yes
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Laguna Salada” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Laguna Salada (Mexiko)”
- Basque: “Laguna Salada”
- Catalan: “Laguna Salada”
- Chinese: “拉古納薩拉達湖”
- Czech: “Laguna Salada”
- Dutch: “Laguna Salada”
- French: “Laguna Salada”
- German: “Laguna Salada”
- Hungarian: “Laguna Salada”
- Japanese: “ラグーナ・サラダ”
- Macedonian: “Лагуна Салада (езеро)”
- Macedonian: “Лагуна Салада”
- Polish: “Laguna Salada”
- Portuguese: “Laguna Salada”
- Serbian: “Лагуна Салада”
- Slovenian: “Laguna Salada (Kalifornijski polotok)”
- Slovenian: “Laguna Salada”
- Spanish: “Laguna Salada (Baja California)”
- Spanish: “Laguna Salada”
- Swedish: “Laguna Salada”
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