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At an altitude of 3809 metres above sea level, Lake Titicaca, the northern lake basin on the Altiplano (a high endorheic plateau in Peru and Bolivia) is the largest navigable water body in the world lying at over 3000 metres.
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Wirrmann, D., Rodrigo, L.A., Binford, M.W., Brenner, M., Engstrom, D.R. (1992). Geomorphology and Sedimentation. In: Dejoux, C., Iltis, A. (eds) Lake Titicaca. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 68. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2406-5_2
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