Lake Titicaca
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Lake Titicaca is a large lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. It is often listed as a freshwater lake, though its
Sentinel-2 satellite image of Lake Titicaca from 2021
A view of Lake Titicaca taken from the town of Copacabana in Bolivia
The city of Puno in Peru, the largest urban settlement on the lake
Drawing of Inca Templo del Sol (as seen in 1887) on the Isla del Sol, where the mummified body of Manco Cápac came to rest.
Orestias (fish)
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Orestias is a genus of pupfish. Older systematics classified them into the own family Orestiidae. They are found in lakes, rivers and springs in the Andean highlands of South America, and several spec
Four Orestias (possibly O. luteus) and two Trichomycterus catfish caught in Lake Titicaca, the center of Orestias richness
Three Orestias species showing some of the variations in shape in this genus