Lake Titicaca

The biggest lake in the ecoregion is Lake Titicaca, which is the highest lake in the world, at an elevation of 3,800 m.a.s.l. Its main tributaries in Bolivia are the Suches and Tiwanacu rivers.

Central Andean wet puna 2007

At the northern extremity of the basin is the noted Lake Titicaca, which is given by some as the traditional place of origin of the Incas.

The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races Emory Adams Allen

In these heights, two and one-half miles above sea level is Lake Titicaca, which is one hundred and sixty miles long and thirty miles wide.

Birdseye Views of Far Lands

There is similar writing on a prepared llama skin found among other antiquities on a peninsula in Lake Titicaca, which is now in the museum at La Paz, Bolivia.

Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology 1846

Worshipers could symbolically relive the harrowing journey of Manco Capac and his sister, Mama Occlo, who both rose out of Lake Titicaca to found a great city.

Olga Bonfiglio: Travelogue: 100th Anniversary Of Machu Picchu Discovery Olga Bonfiglio 2012

To get out of its mess, it signed an agreement with bondholders, giving them the rights to operate Peru's rail network for 66 years and run steamboats on Lake Titicaca—and, best of all, two million tons of guano.

Overheard: Internal Friction 2011

Some of this grass is papyrus, known as totora, like that found along the shores of Lake Titicaca, and the stuff Thor Heyerdahl believed made up ancient ocean crafts.

Richard Bangs: Skullduggery on Easter Island (Part II of II) Richard Bangs 2011

You can stay on board, too, at what for my money is the best bed and breakfast in South America — the only place it is possible to spend a night afloat on Lake Titicaca, two-and-a-half miles above sea level.

Lake Titicaca's floating B&B 2011

Some of this grass is papyrus, known as totora, like that found along the shores of Lake Titicaca, and the stuff Thor Heyerdahl believed made up ancient ocean crafts.

Richard Bangs: Skullduggery on Easter Island (Part II of II) Richard Bangs 2011

Worshipers could symbolically relive the harrowing journey of Manco Capac and his sister, Mama Occlo, who both rose out of Lake Titicaca to found a great city.

Olga Bonfiglio: Travelogue: 100th Anniversary Of Machu Picchu Discovery Olga Bonfiglio 2012