Tag: titicaca
Producer:
twofortheroad
Join Nikki and Dusty as the explore the beautiful island of Amantani on Lake Titicaca, Peru. And see how you too can help improve the lives of the wonderful people who call the island home. Enjoy!
location:
Bolivia / Lake Titicaca
tagged:
guidetravel, bolivia, titicaca
views: 204 /
rank: 1476 /
uploaded: 11/25/2008
duration: 18 Mins. 11 Sec.
Producer:
Exodeviatges
De las cumbres de los imponentes volcanes Arequipeños hacia el interior de sus profundos cañones, como el Cañón del Colca donde seguiremos las huellas del antiguo Reino Inca , herederos de ancestrales culturas altiplánicas, las que visitaremos entorno al legendario lago Titicaca para desde allí, siguiendo la huella de los fundadores del Tahuantinsuyo, llegar a Cuzco y visitar Machupichu. Opcionalmente puedes decidir acercarte a Islas Ballestas y sobrevolar las enigmáticas Líneas de Nazca o bien explorar el área selvática de Puerto Maldonado.
Lake Titicaca is the highest commercially navigable lake in the world [1], at 3,812 m (12,507 feet) above sea level. Located in the Altiplano high in the Andes on the border of Peru and Bolivia, at 16°S 69°W, Titicaca has an average depth of 107 m[2], and a maximum depth of 281 m. The western part of the lake belongs to the Puno Region of Peru, and the eastern side is located in the Bolivian La Paz Department.
More than 25 rivers empty into Titicaca, and the lake has 41 islands, some of which are densely populated.
Titicaca is fed by rainfall and meltwater from glaciers on the sierras that abut the Altiplano. It is drained by the Desaguadero River, which flows south through Bolivia to Lake Poopó. This accounts for less than five per ...
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