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  2. Lake Titicaca - Wikipedia

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    The Lake Titicaca drilling project [43] recovered a 136-m-long drill core of sediments from the bottom of Lake Titicaca at a depth of 235 m (771 ft) and at a location just east of Isla del Sol. This core contains a continuous record of lake sedimentation and paleoenvironmental conditions for Lake Titicaca back to about 370,000 BP.

  3. Isla del Sol - Wikipedia

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    Isla del Sol (Spanish for "Island of the Sun") is an island in the southern part of Lake Titicaca. It is part of Bolivia , and specifically part of the La Paz Department . Geographically, the terrain is harsh; it is a rocky, hilly island with many eucalyptus trees.

  4. Titicaca National Reserve - Wikipedia

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    The Titicaca National Reservation is located in the Puno Region, Peru, in the Puno and Huancané provinces. Its main purpose is to preserve the ecosystems and landscapes of the Titicaca lake and surrounding Central Andean wet puna ecoregion .

  5. Chinkana - Wikipedia

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    Chinkana (Quechua for labyrinth) [1] is an archaeological site in Bolivia situated on the Isla del Sol, an island of Lake Titicaca. [2] It is located in the La Paz Department, Manco Kapac Province, Copacabana Municipality.

  6. Puno - Wikipedia

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    Puno's access to Lake Titicaca is surrounded by 41 floating islands. To this day, the Uros people maintain and live on these man-made islands, depending on the lake for their survival, and are a large tourist destination. Dragon boat racing, an old tradition in Puno, is a very popular activity amongst tourists.

  7. South America's Lake Titicaca nears record low water level as ...

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    The water level at Lake Titicaca on the Peru-Bolivia border is edging towards a record low, exacerbated by the weather phenomenon known as El Nino that is expected to get still more intense in ...

  8. A drought alert for receding Lake Titicaca has Indigenous ...

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    A 70-year-old man's feet sink into the soil as he passes abandoned boats where there used to be the water of Lake Titicaca. The highest navigable lake in the world has receded to what Bolivian ...

  9. Tiwanaku - Wikipedia

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    The lake level of Lake Titicaca has fluctuated significantly over time. The spiritual importance and location of the lake contributed to the religious significance of Tiwanaku. In the Tiwanaku worldview, Lake Titicaca is the spiritual birthplace of their cosmic beliefs. [32] According to Incan mythology, Lake Titicaca is the birthplace of ...