According to a recent report, Lake Titicaca is shrinking due to decreasing water levels. Water levels in Lake Titicaca are now reaching record lows, worsened by the El Nino weather phenomenon.
- It means less rain in the area, compounding a long dry spell and rare high temperatures.
- The lake, once seen as a deity by the pre-Columbian people that lived on its shores, is an important ecosystem for wildlife and a water source for millions of people, including in the city of El Alto, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) to the east.
- Lake Titicaca is South America’s largest body of freshwater and the highest navigable lake in the world nestled amid the Andes mountains.
- Lake Titicaca sits 3 810 m above sea level and is situated between Peru to the west and Bolivia to the east.
