Lake Titicaca (/tɪtɪˈkɑːkə/;[4] Spanish: Lago Titicaca[ˈlaɣotitiˈkaka]; Quechua: Titiqaqa Qucha) is a large freshwater lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. Titicaca is the largest lake in South America both in terms of the volume of water and surface area.[5][6][7][a]
Lake Titicaca has a surface elevation of 3,812 m (12,507 ft).[8][9] The "highest lake" claim is generally considered to refer to commercial craft. Numerous smaller lakes around the world are at higher elevations.[10] For many years, the largest vessel afloat on the lake was the 2,200-ton (2,425 U.S. tons), 79 m (259 ft) SS Ollanta. Today, the largest vessel is most likely the similarly sized train barge/float Manco Capac, operated by PeruRail.
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LakeTiticaca (/tɪtɪˈkɑːkə/; Spanish: Lago Titicaca [ˈlaɣo titiˈkaka]; Quechua: Titiqaqa Qucha) is a large freshwater lake in the Andes mountains on the...
Telmatobius culeus, commonly known as the Titicaca water frog or LakeTiticaca frog, is a medium-large to very large and endangered species of frog in...
which attracted other food sources such as fish and lake birds. Past cultures in the LakeTiticaca region likely utilized these additional resources as...
The Titicaca orestias, LakeTiticaca orestias, or LakeTiticaca flat-headed fish (Orestias cuvieri), also known by its native name amanto, is a likely...
main line between the port of Matarani, Arequipa, Cusco and Puno on LakeTiticaca was formerly known as the Ferrocarril del Sur (Peru Southern Railway)...
was a Pre-Columbian polity in western Bolivia based in the southern LakeTiticaca Basin. Tiwanaku was one of the most significant Andean civilizations...
side of lakeTiticaca, helped Thor Heyerdahl construct Ra II and Tigris. Thor Heyerdahl attempted to prove that the reed boats of LakeTiticaca derived...
reeds, and the best known examples are those of the Uros people of LakeTiticaca, Peru, who build their villages upon what are in effect huge rafts of...
Tiahuanacu) is a Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia, near LakeTiticaca, about 70 kilometers from La Paz, and it is one of the largest sites...
respective lakes. The Titicaca water frog in LakeTiticaca in the high Andes is one species that is endemic, while others were introduced. LakeTiticaca is home...
the Americas, slightly smaller than LakeTiticaca. With an elevation of 32.7 metres (107 ft) above sea level, the lake reaches a depth of 26 metres (85 ft)...
Quechua: Punu) is a city in southeastern Peru, located on the shore of LakeTiticaca. It is the capital city of the Puno Region and the Puno Province with...
1931, is a steamship on LakeTiticaca in Peru. The Peruvian Corporation, a UK-owned company, had controlled Peru's railways and lake shipping since 1890....
Cordillera Central is LakeTiticaca, the highest commercially navigable lake in the world and the largest lake in South America; the lake is shared with Peru...
navigable lake is LakeTiticaca in Peru and Bolivia at 3,812 m (12,507 ft). It is also the largest lake in South America. The world's lowest lake is the...
Ollantaytambo by […] stonemasons from LakeTiticaca. […] The only question here is why stonesmasons from LakeTiticaca should have remembered anything Tiahaunacoid...
cultures and scenery. In this segment, American tourist Donald Duck visits LakeTiticaca in Bolivia and Peru and meets some of the locals, including an obstinate...
Eastern Andes Mountains, and these two countries share LakeTiticaca which is the highest navigable lake on Earth. Unlike Peru, however, Bolivia is one of...
Bolivia–Peru border lies LakeTiticaca, the largest lake in South America. Farther south, in Bolivia, there was until recently a lake, Lake Poopó, but by December...
(Spanish for "Island of the Sun") is an island in the southern part of LakeTiticaca. It is part of Bolivia, and specifically part of the La Paz Department...
name of a flood that Viracocha caused to destroy the people around LakeTiticaca, saving two to bring civilization to the rest of the world. The process...
Aramu Muru is an abandoned stone carving in Peru, near LakeTiticaca, known as “Gate of the Gods”. It was discovered in the early 1990s and is believed...
still-growing group of about 120 self-fashioned floating islands in LakeTiticaca near Puno. They form three main groups: the Uru-Chipaya, Uru-Murato...
(Mobuto-Sese-Seko) Lake Chad Lake Edward Lake Fianga Lake Kariba Lake Kivu Lake Tana Lake Mweru Lake Nasser (Lake Nubia in Sudan) Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) Lake Tanganyika...
large stone vessel that was discovered in Bolivia on the shores of LakeTiticaca by a local farmer. Its cultural affiliation and chronology is uncertain...
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