Situated At An Elevation Of Roughly 3,812 Meters Or 12,500 Feet Above Sea Level, Lake Titicaca Is The Highest Navigable Large Lake In The World And The Largest Lake In The South America By Surface Area.
Located At The Peru-Bolivia Border Within The Andes Mountain Range. Covering Approximately 8,300 Square Kilometers In Total Surface Area, Lake Titicaca Is The 18th Largest Lake By Surface Area In The World And The Largest In South America , It Is Just A Little Bigger Than Lake Nicaragua, Or Roughly 10 Times Smaller Than Lake Superior, The World's Largest Lake. Although Lake Miracabio, Which Is Situated In Venezuela And Covers An Area Of About 13,200 Square Kilometres Is Larger Than Lake Titicaca, Lake Maracaibo Is Usually Not Considered As A Lake, But A Lagoon, Or An Large Inlet Of The Caribbean Sea.
Lake Titicaca Is Situated At An Elevation Of 3812 Meters Or 12,500 Feet Above Sea Level , To Give You Some Context, Lake Baikal Is Situated At An Elevation Of Roughly 456 Meters , While Lake Superior Lies Just 180 Meters Above Sea Level. Even At Such An High Altitude, Lake Titicaca Never Freezes. Lake Titicaca Is Usually Considered As The Highest Navigable Lake, Although Several Small Lakes And Ponds Lie At Higher Elevation Than Lake Titicaca.
Lake Titicaca Maximum Length From North To South Is 190 Km While Its Maximum Width Is 80 Kilometers, The Lake Is Made Up Of Two Large Basins Which Are Connected By The Strait Of Tiquina. It Has An Average Depth Of 107 Meters And Maximum Depth Roughly 280 Meters. With A Total Water Volume Of 893 Cubic Kilometers, Lake Titicaca Is The Largest Freshwater Lake In South America.
More Than 25 Rivers And Many Glaciers Empty Into Lake Titicaca,the Largest River Being, The Ramis River. There Is Only One River That Flows Out Of Lake Titicaca And It Is Known As The Desaguadero River And It Only Drains 5% To 10% Water From Lake Titicaca. The Remaining Percentage Of Water Of The Lake Is Lost Solely Through Evaporation.
Lake Titicaca Was A Sacred Place For The Inca Civilization, And According To Incan Mythology, The Lake Is The Center Of All Creation. It Is Believed That The God Viracocha(The Creater Diety) Came Out Of The Lake And Created The Sun, The Stars And The First People
