Lake Titicaca
High Andean water
Lake Titicaca is a large freshwater lake in the Andes mountains, straddling the border between Peru and Bolivia.
It sits at about 12,500 feet elevation, making it the highest navigable lake in the world.
The lake holds cultural significance for indigenous Andean peoples and remains a major tourist destination: We took a boat to the floating islands on Lake Titicaca.
Andean elevated flatland
- AndesSouth American western range
- QuechuaAndean indigenous language family
- Inca EmpirePre-Columbian Andean state
- CopacabanaRio de Janeiro beachfront
La Paz · terrace farming · llamas · alpacas · potatoes · quinoa
Height above reference point
- AltiplanoAndean elevated flatland
- plateauFlat highland area
- above sea levelPositive altitude measurement
- highlandElevated, mountainous land
thin air · breathlessness · altitude sickness · acclimatization · atmospheric pressure
Vessels woven from wetland plants
- balsaExtremely light timber
- sailingWind-propelled water travel
- Kon-TikiFamous oceangoing balsa raft
- island hoppingTraveling between nearby landmasses
ferry · catamaran · steamship · fishing boats
Origin narrative of existence
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- offeringsThings presented or given
- templeSacred worship structure
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
cosmology · spiritual · ceremonies · ancestral · origin story
Non-saline aquatic environment
- basinConcave water receptacle
- limnologyStudy of inland waters
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
water level · evaporation · tributaries · outflow · depth · surface area · water temperature
Life found nowhere else
- killifishSmall ornamental aquarium fish
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
- waterbirdsBirds inhabiting aquatic environments
- flamingosTall pink waterbirds
conservation · endangered · aquatic plants · biodiversity · native fish · threatened species · habitat loss
Altiplano
Andean elevated flatland
- AndesSouth American western range
- QuechuaAndean indigenous language family
- Inca EmpirePre-Columbian Andean state
Copacabana · La Paz · terrace farming · llamas · alpacas · potatoes · quinoa
elevation
Height above reference point
- AltiplanoAndean elevated flatland
- plateauFlat highland area
- above sea levelPositive altitude measurement
highland · thin air · breathlessness · altitude sickness · acclimatization · atmospheric pressure
reed boats
Vessels woven from wetland plants
island hopping · ferry · catamaran · steamship · fishing boats
creation myth
Origin narrative of existence
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- offeringsThings presented or given
- templeSacred worship structure
rituals · cosmology · spiritual · ceremonies · ancestral · origin story
freshwater
Non-saline aquatic environment
sedimentation · water level · evaporation · tributaries · outflow · depth · surface area · water temperature
endemic species
Life found nowhere else
- killifishSmall ornamental aquarium fish
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
- waterbirdsBirds inhabiting aquatic environments
flamingos · conservation · endangered · aquatic plants · biodiversity · native fish · threatened species · habitat loss
- Andean Lakes
- BoliviaLa Paz, Altiplano, Santa Cruz, Simon Bolivar, Quechua
- South American WatersAmazon River, Orinoco River, Iguazu Falls, Orinoco, Magdalena
- Titicacafloating islands, reed boats, Copacabana
- bodies of waterocean, river, sea, stream, pond
- Hispanic WorldSpain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Peru
Lake TiticacaDead Sea
Landlocked hypersaline lake
Caspian Sea · Mariana Trench · Challenger Deep · Death Valley · Lake Baikal
Lake TiticacaPacific Ocean
Largest body of water
Atlantic Ocean · the ocean · Indian Ocean · open ocean · Arctic Ocean
lake, lakes, lakeside, lakefront, lakebed, Titicaca, lakehouse