page_title: Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)
section_title: Waters
hierarchical_section_title: Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) / Geography / Waters
caption_attribution_description: Español: Mapa Satelital con descripción de la zona de la Laguna Uberaba situada entre Bolivia y Brasil hecha a partir de una Imagen de la Nasa * Desde&#160;: Original: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Laguna_Uberaba_Bolivia_Brasil_Satellite_map_57.80521W_17.png Čeština: Satelitní snímek NASA s popisem zachycující oblast jezera Uberaba a okolí mezi Bolívií a Brazílií.
context_page_description: Santa Cruz, with an area of 370,621 km², slightly smaller than Japan or the US State of Montana, it is the largest of the nine constituent departments of Bolivia occupying about one-third of the territory of the country. It is located in the eastern part of the country, sharing borders in the north and east with Brazil and with Paraguay in the south.
  In the 2012 census, it reported a population of 3,412,921, making it the most populated department. The capital is the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The department is one of the wealthiest departments in Bolivia, with huge reserves of natural gas. Besides, it has experienced the highest increase of economic growth during the last 50 years in Bolivia and South America.
context_section_description: The rivers of Santa Cruz are part of any of two basins: the Amazon Basin (north) and the Plate Basin (south).
  The main rivers in the norther basin are river Iténez, making the border with Brazil, Río Grande, river Piraí and river Itonomas.
  In the southern basin, the main rivers are river Paraguay and its tributaries, including river Negro.
  The main lakes are lake Mandioré, Uberaba, lake La Gaiba, Laguna de Marfil, Concepción and lake San Jorge.
  The rivers by length within Santa Cruz:
  8 out of 48 km of the Paraguay not part of the Brazilian border.
  The main lakes by their area within the department:
caption: Satellite map of lake Uberaba near the Brazilian border.
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