Lake Titicaca

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SOUTH AMERICAN SAIJIKI

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Lake Titicaca

***** Location: Peru / Bolivia
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Earth

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Lake Titicaca
is a lake located on the border of Peru and Bolivia. It sits 3,812 m (12,500 ft) above sea level, making it the highest commercially navigable lake in the world. By volume of water, it is also the largest lake in South America.

The lake is located at the northern end of the endorheic Altiplano basin high in the Andes on the border of Peru and Bolivia. The western part of the lake lies within the Puno Region of Peru, and the eastern side is located in the Bolivian La Paz Department.

The origin of the name Titicaca is unknown. It has been translated as "Rock Puma", allegedly for its resembling the shape of a puma hunting a rabbit, combining words from the local languages Quechua and Aymara, and as well as translated as "Crag of Lead." Locally, the lake goes by several names. Because the southeast quarter of the lake is separate from the main body (connected only by the Strait of Tiquina), the Bolivians call it Lago Huiñaymarca (Quechua: Wiñay Marka) and the larger part Lago Chucuito. In Peru, these smaller and larger parts are referred to as Lago Pequeño and Lago Grande, respectively.

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Titikakasee

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HAIKU

短夜のルーペでさがすチチカカ湖　
mijikayo no rûpe de sagasu chichikaka-ko　　

short summer night
looking for Lake Titicaca
with a loupe

Manabe Kureo 真鍋呉夫

source : Tr. Fay Aoyagi


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