Lake Titicaca
Water
A lake as big as a small sea, high in the Andes.
Lake Titicaca lies 3,812 metres above the sea, on the border of Peru and Bolivia. It is the highest lake in the world on which large ships sail.
On the lake live the Uros, on islands they build themselves from reeds. The reeds rot from below, so new layers are laid on top all the time. Their boats and houses are made of the same reeds.
- above sea level
- 3,812 m
- of water
- 8,300 km²
- countries share it
- 2
- 1
According to the Incas the sun itself was born on an island in this lake.
- 2
A giant frog lives here that never comes up for air: it breathes through its loose, wrinkled skin.
- 3
The air is so thin at this height that visitors are soon out of breath.
Question 1 of 2
What are the islands of the Uros made of?
- Machu PicchuA city of the Incas, hidden high in the Andes.
- Salar de UyuniThe largest salt flat in the world, and after rain the largest mirror.
- Nazca LinesGiant drawings in the desert that you can only see from the air.
- Atacama DesertThe driest desert in the world outside the poles, between the Andes and the ocean.
It is in Peru.
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