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13 sie 2024 · Learn about the highest lakes in the world, located in mountain ranges such as the Andes, the Himalayas, and the Atacama Desert. Some are temporary, some are extinct, and some are volcanic in origin.
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Lake Titicaca is a large freshwater lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It has a surface elevation of 3,812 m (12,507 ft), making it the highest navigable lake in the world and the largest lake in South America.
7 paź 2024 · Lake Titicaca, the world’s highest lake navigable to large vessels, lying at 12,500 feet (3,810 meters) above sea level in the Andes Mountains of South America, astride the border between Peru to the west and Bolivia to the east.
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The Caspian Sea is conventionally considered the world's largest lake, but it is centered on an oceanic basin (a fragment of the ancient Tethys Ocean) rather than lying entirely over continental crust as all other lakes do.
9 wrz 2022 · Learn about the highest lakes on Earth, from Chile to Tibet, and their geological features and locations. See photos, depths, and sources of these bodies of water that range from 19,652 to 20,695 feet above sea level.
Tilicho Lake is a glacial lake in the Annapurna range of the Himalayas, at an altitude of 4,919 metres (16,138 ft). It is the longest and widest lake in Nepal, and has religious significance as the site of a scuba dive and a Ramayana story.
24 wrz 2018 · Lake Titicaca, on the Andean Altiplano, is the highest lake in the world at 12,507 feet above sea level. It is also the largest lake in South America and the center of Incan civilization.
