{"id":269387,"date":"2023-11-15T19:24:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T13:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=269387"},"modified":"2023-11-15T19:24:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T13:54:03","slug":"lake-titicaca-in-south-americas-andes-a-shrinking-lake-titicaca-rings-climate-alarm-bell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lake-titicaca-in-south-americas-andes-a-shrinking-lake-titicaca-rings-climate-alarm-bell\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Titicaca: In South America\u2019s Andes, a shrinking Lake Titicaca rings climate alarm bell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201c<\/b>Lake Titicaca: <\/b>In South America\u2019s Andes, a shrinking Lake Titicaca rings climate alarm bell\u201d <\/b>published i<\/span>n \u201cThe Print\u201d on 15th November 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/h2>\n

Lake Titicaca is experiencing record-low water levels due to the El Ni\u00f1o weather phenomenon, prolonged dry conditions and unusual high temperatures.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where is \u200b\u200bLake Titicaca?<\/h2>\n
\"\u200b\u200bLake
Source: Britannica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Specifications<\/b><\/td>\nDetails<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location<\/b><\/td>\nAndes Mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru in South America.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Altitude<\/b><\/td>\nIt is the highest navigable lake globally<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geographical Features<\/b><\/td>\nThe lake is divided into two nearly distinct subbasins, and these are connected by the Strait of Tiquina.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Size<\/b><\/td>\nIt is the largest freshwater lake in South America<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cultural Significance<\/b><\/td>\nThe lake was once seen as a deity by the pre-Columbian people that lived on its shores,<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

UPSC Syllabus:<\/strong> Geography in News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cLake Titicaca: In South America\u2019s Andes, a shrinking Lake Titicaca rings climate alarm bell\u201d published in \u201cThe Print\u201d on 15th November 2023 Why in the News? Lake Titicaca is experiencing record-low water levels due to the El Ni\u00f1o weather phenomenon, prolonged dry conditions and unusual high temperatures.… Continue reading Lake Titicaca: In South America\u2019s Andes, a shrinking Lake Titicaca rings climate alarm bell<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,11211],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-269387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":16,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700116708},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}