Wiñaymarka Lake

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Wiñaymarka Lake
Wiñaymarka
Location of Laguna Mandioré in Brazil.
Location of Laguna Mandioré in Brazil.
Wiñaymarka Lake
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Location of Laguna Mandioré in Brazil.
Location of Laguna Mandioré in Brazil.
Wiñaymarka Lake
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Location of Laguna Mandioré in Brazil.
Location of Laguna Mandioré in Brazil.
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LocationBolivia and Peru
Coordinates16°20′S 68°50′W / 16.33°S 68.83°W / -16.33; -68.83
Part ofLake Titicaca
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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

  1. Janusek, John. Tiwanaku and Its Precursors: Recent Research and Emerging Perspectives. Journal of Archaeological Research, 2004,12(2), p.126.