- Laguna Melincué
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lake_name = Laguna Melincué
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location =Santa Fe Province
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type =endorheic lake
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basin_countries = Argentina
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area = 120 km² (2003)
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elevation = 86 m (2003)
82.5 m (1968)
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cities = The "Laguna Melincué" is anendorheic lake located in the province of Santa Fe,Argentina , in theGeneral López Department , next to the town ofMelincué , at approximately coord|33|42|24|S|61|29|4|W|region:AR-S_type:waterbody. It covers a surface area of about 120 km², and its top water level lies at around 86 mabove mean sea level ("c." 2003).The lake forms part of a
wetland ecosystem, noted for its large population ofwaterfowl and other birds, which is protected as anature reserve . In times ofdrought the lake's waters became saline.For decades the water level of the Melincué Lake have varied considerably, often flooding parts of its basin, and over time this has seriously affected the prosperity of the nearby towns and the maintenance of roads around it. According to a study by the Faculty of Engineering of the
Universidad Nacional de Rosario , in 1968 the top water level stood at 82.5 m AMSL, more than 3 m below its current height. In 1998–2000 the provincial government passed legislation creating a Strategic Environmental Planning Area covering the surrounding districts (Melincué, Carreras, Hughes, Elortondo and Labordeboy) with the goal of promoting itssustainable development , but major concrete actions have failed to materialize.References
* Government of Santa Fe. [http://www.santafe.gov.ar/gobierno/tecnica/ley11634.htm Law 11634] — "Área de Planificación Estratégica Ambiental y Reserva Natural del Humedal de la Laguna de Melincué".
* "El Santafesino." [http://www.elsantafesino.com/sociedad/2005/11/17/4040 "Aves y naturaleza protegidas."]
* Wetlands International. "Los Humedales de América del Sur", Chapter 12, [http://www.wetlands.org/oldsite/inventory&/SAA/Body/12laspampas@.htm "Las Pampas".]
* Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Engineering and Surveying. [http://www.fceia.unr.edu.ar/secyt/rt/2003/rt05_03.pdf "Propuesta para la planificación del manejo sustentable de la cuencia hidrográfica y de aporte directo de la Laguna Melincué."] ]
* Fundación del Gran Rosario & ECOSUR. [http://www.fieldstudies.fgr.org.ar/english/melincue.html Laguna Melincué Natural Reserve]
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