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Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake for large vessels
Situated in the Andes between Peru and Bolivia, Lake Titicaca sits at 3,812 metres above sea level.
Lake Titicaca is the largest lake in South America by volume of water. Indigenous Uros communities inhabit artificial floating islands constructed from bundled totora reeds that grow along the shallow shores. It holds sacred significance in Inca mythology as the site where the Sun God was said to be born.
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- Situated in the Andes between Peru and Bolivia, Lake Titicaca sits at 3,812 metres above sea level. The figure is taken from UNESCO World Heritage Centre, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
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