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Titicaca

Alpine lake in Peru and Bolivia

Body of waterlake monomictic lake mountain lakeQ35342

Also known as Lake Titicaca · Titiqaqa · Lake Titiqaqa

Length: 204 km
Area: 8,372 km²
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1.wldb.ilec.or.jp/Lake/SAM-04
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, 8,562 km²
Vertical depth: 489 m
Country: Peru
, Bolivia
Watershed area: 56,270 km²

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Lake Titicaca is a large lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. It is often listed as a freshwater lake, though its waters are slightly brackish. Titicaca is the largest lake in South America, both in terms of the volume of water and surface area. It is the 18th largest lake in the world. It has a surface elevation of 3,812 m (12,507 ft).

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Outflows: yuca guasi
evaporation
Basin country: Bolivia
Peru
Elevation: 3,812 m
Heritage designation: Ramsar site(since 1998) inventory number: 959
Tentative World Heritage Site(since 2003) official name: Sacred Titicaca Lake · inventory number: 1817
Tentative World Heritage Site(since 2005) official name: Lake Titicaca (English) · world heritage criteria: (ii), (iii) · inventory number: 5080
Ramsar site(since 1997) inventory number: 881
Volume as quantity: 893 cubic kilometre
Residence time of water: 1,343 years
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1.wldb.ilec.or.jp/Details/Lake/SAM-04
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Located in: Puno Department
La Paz Department
Drainage basin: Titicaca basin
Width: 80 km
Perimeter: 1,125 km
Members / parts: Puno Bay
Golfo de Achacachi
Inflows: Suches River
Ramis River
Coata River
Huancané River
Ilave River
Located in protected area: Titicaca National Reservation
Has characteristic: tourist attraction

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-15.8250, -69.3250OpenStreetMap ↗

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