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Wiñaymarka Lake

Coordinates: 16°20′S 68°50′W / 16.333°S 68.833°W / -16.333; -68.833
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Wiñaymarka Lake
Wiñaymarka
Location of Laguna Mandioré in Brazil.
Location of Laguna Mandioré in Brazil.
Wiñaymarka Lake
Location of Laguna Mandioré in Brazil.
Location of Laguna Mandioré in Brazil.
Wiñaymarka Lake
Location of Laguna Mandioré in Brazil.
Location of Laguna Mandioré in Brazil.
Wiñaymarka Lake
LocationBolivia and Peru
Coordinates16°20′S 68°50′W / 16.333°S 68.833°W / -16.333; -68.833
Part ofLake Titicaca
Map
Map of Wiñaymarka (NASA)

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

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