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Lake Titicaca - Lake in South America #183044521
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Lake Titicaca, straddling the border between Peru and Bolivia in the Andes Mountains, is one of South America`s largest lakes and the worldââ¬â¢s highest navigable body of water.This geological wonder as formed during the pre-ice age about sixty million years ago. The lake was formed when massive earthquakes shook the Andes Mountains splitting the range in two and forming a hollow that eventually got filled with water from the melting glaciers, creating bodies of water and ultimately rivers and the immense Lake Titicaca.According to the legend, the first Inca Manco Capac and his wife Mama Ocllo emerged from the depths of Lake Titicaca on the sacred rock on Isla Del Sol to look for a place to build an empire.
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