Q 01/05

Lake Titicaca lies on the border between which two countries?

A) Peru and Chile

B) Ecuador and Peru

C) Bolivia and Argentina

D) Peru and Bolivia

Answer · why

D) Peru and Bolivia

The western part is in Peru's Puno Region and the eastern side in Bolivia's La Paz Department.

Q 02/05

Titicaca is often described as the world's highest what?

A) Tidal lake

B) Navigable lake

C) Freshwater lake

D) Volcanic lake

Answer · why

B) Navigable lake

The claim refers to commercial craft; the crater lake on Chile's Ojos del Salado sits far higher at around 6,480 metres.

Q 03/05

What is the surface elevation of Lake Titicaca?

A) 5,030 m (16,503 ft)

B) 2,950 m (9,678 ft)

C) 4,400 m (14,436 ft)

D) 3,812 m (12,507 ft)

Answer · why

D) 3,812 m (12,507 ft)

Tibet's Lake Puma Yumco, at 5,030 metres, is the highest large lake in the world.

Q 04/05

By surface area and volume, Lake Titicaca is the largest lake on which continent?

A) South America

B) Central Africa

C) North America

D) Southeast Asia

Answer · why

A) South America

Globally it ranks only 18th largest.

Q 05/05

What is the 800-metre-wide strait joining Lake Titicaca's two sub-basins called?

A) Tiquina

B) Guaqui

C) Chucuito

D) Copacabana

Answer · why

A) Tiquina

The big basin, Lago Grande, reaches 284 metres deep; the little Wiñaymarka averages just 9 metres.