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A small shallow lake on a high mountain pass in the center of the Andes.

Antelope Island State Park, UT.

Beautiful Andes mountains and lake on the way from Puno to Cusco, Peru

The Altiplano (Spanish for high plain), in west-central South America, where the Andes are at their widest, is the most extensive area of high plateau on earth outside of Tibet. Lake Titicaca is its best known geographical feature. The Altiplano is an area of inland drainage (endorheism) lying in the central Andes, occupying parts of Northern Chile and Argentina, Western Bolivia and Southern Peru. Its height averages about 3,750 meters (12,300 feet), slightly less than that of Tibet. Unlike the Tibetan Plateau, however, the Altiplano is dominated by massive active volcanoes of the Central Volcanic Zone to the west like Ampato (6288 m), Tutupaca (5816 m), Nevado Sajama (6542 m), Parinacota (6348 m), Guallatiri (6071 m), Cerro Paroma (5728 m), Cerro Uturuncu (6008 m) and Licancabur (5916 m), and the Cordillera Real in the north east with Illampu (6368 m), Huayna Potosi (6088 m), Ancohuma (6427 m) and Illimani (6438 m). The Atacama Desert, one of the driest areas on the whole planet, lies to the southwest of the Altiplano. In contrast, to the east lies the humid Amazon Rainforest.

panorama of Lake Umayo and grasslands at the village of Puno on Lake Titicaca with views of the Andes and sun-baked bushes of the Andes in the Peruvian highlands

Lake Paron In The Andes, Peru

Dramatic Andean vista featuring snow-capped Chicon peak, rugged mountains, and expansive highlands near Maras, Peru.

Scenic photo of rugged terrain in Peruvian Andes.

Rising 15,000 ft from Lima to the Ticlio pass in Central Peru, in the Andes. Near the summit, low hanging clouds hover above Laguna Huaracocha

River in the Chilean desert

Laguna Lagunillas - one of the highest lakes on the Andean plateau

Turquoise Llanganuco lake in Cordillera Blanca, snowcapped Andes - Ancash, Peru

It is one of the most important in Peru. It has several gaps in its extension. The area is a tourist attraction for trekking.

The lagoon of Mucubají in the andes,Merida state,Sierra Nevada National Park,Venezuela,South America

trail next to a lagoon and with mountains in the background in the Bolivian Altiplano, Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve in Bolivia.

Scenic view of mountains and volcanoes in Altiplano, Bolivia

The colorful mountains and a nice lake in the peruvian andes on the way to Colca canyon

Dramatic view of the crystal blue lake from melting glacier and the orange hills of Tian Shan mountains, Kyrgyzstan

Lake Titicaca

Wilcacocha lake and dramatic Cordillera Blanca - Huaraz, Ancash, Peru

Peru in the Andes Mountains. This lagoon is called Yauricocha and is located in Junin, Peru.

Scenic photo of rugged terrain in Peruvian Andes.

lagoon with flamingos and mountains in the background in the Bolivian Altiplano, Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve in Bolivia.

White snow tipped peaks over landscape and calm lagoon

Snow capped high mountains reflected in Lake Chungara, Lauca national park, northern Chile.

A golden lake in a cloudy day, wrapped by Andes Highlands at Ecuadorian Paramo, between the border from Highlands Region and Amazon Region, three hour by car from Quito, Ecuador's Capital.

Clouds reflecting in a small lake with mountains on the background on the route to the Colca Canyon, near Arequipa, Peru

Idyllic Salar de Tara and pastel colored steppe – Salt blue lake and salt flat, Volcanoes and Atacama Desert altiplano, volcanic landscape panorama – San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, Bolívia and Argentina border

An Andean seagull flies over a lagoon in Peru in the Andes Mountains. This lagoon is called Yauricocha and is located in Junin, Peru.

A stone pyramid on Laguna Colorada background at the sunset in Altiplano, Bolivia

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