Being as Bolivia’s a
landlocked country, most Bolivian fish live in the great aqueous playground
known as Lake Titicaca, which covers some 3,232 square miles and is bordered by
both Bolivia and Peru. Lake Titicaca,...
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Being as Bolivia’s a
landlocked country, most Bolivian fish live in the great aqueous playground
known as Lake Titicaca, which covers some 3,232 square miles and is bordered by
both Bolivia and Peru. Lake Titicaca, which either means “Rock Puma” (local
communities having resolved that the shape of the lake looks decidedly like a
puma hunting a rabbit) or “Crag of Lead” (your guess is as good as ours), has
several uncontestable claims to fame: 1) It’s the largest lake in South America
(by volume of water at least—Lake Maracaibo has the greater surface area); 2)
It’s the highest navigable lake in the world (by large boats anyway; at least
two-dozen bodies of water are at higher elevations, but they’re all much
smaller and shallower, so we’re just not going to count them); and 3) It’s home
to several very famous natives such as Inti, the Incan Sun God, and Mama
Quilla, the Incan Moon Goddess. On top of all that, it’s also just incredibly
beautiful and serves as the training facility for the formidable Bolivian Navy,
who hasn’t let their lack of an ocean slow them down.
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