Wiñaymarka Lake
| Wiñaymarka Lake | |
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Wiñaymarka | |
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| Location | Bolivia and Peru |
| Coordinates | 16°20′S 68°50′W / 16.333°S 68.833°W |
| Part of | Lake Titicaca |
Wiñaymarka Lake (also: Huiñaymarca) is the southern branch of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and Peru. The lake is hypothesised to have dried up during the Middle Formative Period as a result of a long-term drop in precipitation in the Altiplano from 400 to 200 BCE.[1]
References
- ^ Janusek, John. Tiwanaku and Its Precursors: Recent Research and Emerging Perspectives. Journal of Archaeological Research, 2004,12(2), p.126.