Wiñaymarka Lake

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

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