Wiñaymarka Lake

Southern branch of Lake Titicaca, Bolivia and Peru From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wiñaymarka Lake (also: Huiñaymarca) is the southern branch of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and Peru. The lake is hypothesised to have dried up during the Middle Formative Period as a result of a long-term drop in precipitation in the Altiplano from 400 to 200 BCE.[1]

LocationBolivia and Peru
Coordinates16°20′S 68°50′W
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Location of Laguna Mandioré in Brazil.
Wiñaymarka Lake
LocationBolivia and Peru
Coordinates16°20′S 68°50′W
Part ofLake Titicaca
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Interactive map of Wiñaymarka Lake
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Map of Wiñaymarka (NASA)

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