A view of the Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake, Bolivia.

 

A view of the Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake, Bolivia.

The highest commercially navigable lake in the world.


In the central part of the Andes, on the borders of Peru and Bolivia, there Ües at an altitude near 3800 m an inland drainage plateau known as the Altiplano. The Lake Titicaca constitutes a freshwater resource for approximately 2.5-3.0 million persons residing in. Peru and Bolivia. The Lake Titicaca is the highest commercially navigable lake in the world, sitting at an altitude of approximately 3,810 meters (12,500 feet) in the Andes on the border of Peru and Bolivia.


Surface Area: About 8,400 square kilometers (3,240 square miles).
Depth: Reaches a maximum depth of 288 meters (945 feet) with a mean depth of around 135 to 139 meters.
Volume: Approximately 930 cubic kilometers.
Divisions: Split into two main sub-basins, Lago Mayor (the larger northern body) and Lago Menor (the smaller southern body), connected by the Tiquina Strait.
Location: Lake Titicaca

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