In contrast, Indians from the Bolivian high plateau area, known as the Altiplano, were forced into the Bolivian army, had no real interest in the war, and failed to adapt to the hot Chaco climate.

The lake is located at the northern end of the endorheic Altiplano basin high in the Andes on the border of Peru and Bolivia.

Two high lake stands, between 72, 000-68, 000 BP and 44, 000-34, 000 BP, have been discerned for Lake Minchin within the Altiplano.

The Altiplano is a high plateau, which was formed during uplift of the Andes mountains.

They are found in broadleaf Nothofagus temperate rainforest, sclerophyllous matorral, deserts, and high plateaus, like the Altiplano, up to the tree line ( 4800 m ).

There are 3 main areas in Jujuy ; the Altiplano, a 3, 500 meters high plateau with peaks of 5, 000 meters, covers most of the province.

On the east, there are high glacier valleys which end up in high plateaus ( Altiplano ).

Its capital is the city of Puno, which is located on Lake Titicaca in the geographical region known as the Altiplano or high sierra.

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.

Several mechanisms have been suggested as responsible for the formation of the Altiplano plateau ; theories try to explain why the topography in the Andes incorporates this large area of low relief at high altitude ( high plateau ) within the orogen:

This and other incidents, such as the seizure and sale of communal land on the Altiplano ( Bolivian high plateau ) to the highest bidder, deprived virtually all Indians of their land within a few decades.

The Salado is originates on the eastern edge of the Altiplano under the name of Juramento River at the Andes range, from thaw and captured precipitations of the 6, 500 metre high Acay and Cachi mountains in the Salta Province, near Catamarca Province.

The main features of Bolivia's geography include the Altiplano, a highland plateau of the Andes and Lake Titicaca ( Lago Titicaca ), the largest lake in South America and the highest commercially navigable lake on Earth ( which it shares with Peru ).

The entire Altiplano was originally a deep rift between the cordilleras that gradually filled with highly porous sedimentarydebris washed down from the peaks.

Near the Argentine border, the floor of the Altiplano rises again, creating hills and volcanoes that span the gap between the eastern and western cordilleras of the Andes.

Scholars agree that the group identified as Muisca migrated to the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Formative stage ( between 5500 and 1000 BCE ), as shown by evidence found at Aguazuque and Soacha.

Salar de Uyuni, locally known as Salar de Tunupa, and Salar de Coipasa are two large dry salt flats formed after the Altiplano paleolakes dried out.

Hardman ( 1978 ) proposed the name Jaqi for the family of languages ( 1978 ), Alfredo Torero Aru ' to speak ', and Rodolfo Cerrón Palomino Aymaran, with two branches, Southern ( or Altiplano ) Aymaran and Central Aymaran ( Jaqaru and Kawki ).

Many Bolivians on the Altiplano, and in two of Bolivia's main cities — La Paz and El Alto — depend on the melting of Andean glaciers for their water supply during the dry season.

The Salar serves as the major transport route across the Bolivian Altiplano and is a major breeding ground for several species of pink flamingos.

Because of its location, large area and flatness, the Salar is a major car transport route across the Bolivian Altiplano, except when seasonally covered with water.

A minor outlet also leads to Salar de Uyuni in the far south of the Altiplano, but as the lake lacks any major outlet it is classified as an endorheic basin.

* The Altiplano includes a number of closed basins such as Poopó Lake.

The Vicuña and Guanaco can be found living in the Altiplano, while the closely related domesticated Llama and Alpaca are widely kept by locals as pack animals and for their meat and wool.

Árbol de Piedra, a rock formation in the Altiplano, Bolivia sculpted by wind erosion.

The singles " Good Tradition " and " Twist In My Sobriety " were Top 10 hits in Europe, the latter accompanied by an award-winning sepia coloured video set in a rural village in the Bolivian Altiplano and directed by Gerard de Thame.

The region where Tiwanaku and the modern Aymara are located, the Altiplano, was conquered by the Incas under Huayna Capac ( reign 1483 – 1523 ), although the exact date of this takeover is unknown.

A string of devastating defeats on the southern front of the war at the hands of the Paraguayans, who knew the terrain much better than the Bolivians ( most of whom hailed from the Altiplano Highlands ) precipitated Kundt's replacement by General Enrique Peñaranda at the end of 1933.

The Ekeko is the Tiwanakan god of abundance and prosperity in the mythology and folklore of the people from the Andean Altiplano .. Is a cultural event shared by Perú and Bolivia.

Image: Im Salar de Uyuni. jpg | A rock sculpted by wind erosion in the Altiplano region of Bolivia ( Wilken, 2002 )

Violent suppression by the Bolivian armed forces left some 60 people dead in October 2003, mostly inhabitants of El Alto, located on the Altiplano above of the capital city La Paz.

* The Flood myth as preserved by the Uru-Muratos of Bolivia's Altiplano on YouTube

Unlike conditions in Tibet, the Altiplano is dominated by massive active volcanoes of the Central Volcanic Zone to the west, such as Ampato ( 6288 m ), Tutupaca ( 5816 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 ).

At various times during the Pleistocene epoch, both the southern and northern Altiplano were covered by vast pluvial lakes.

A rock sculpted by wind erosion ( or Aeolian processes ) in the Altiplano region

Some maps have the Patagonian Ice Sheet connected to the icecaps of the Altiplano by continuous glaciers all the way through the Andes.

It is a five-day process, obtained by exposing a frost-resistant variety of potatoes to the very low night temperatures of the Andean Altiplano, freezing them, and subsequently exposing them to the intense sunlight of the day ( this being the traditional process ).

The province is situated in the Altiplano bordered to the north by the Muñecas Province, to the north-east by the Larecaja Province, to the south-east by the Los Andes Province, to the south and west by Lake Titicaca and to the north-west by the Eliodoro Camacho Province.

The province is situated in the salt flats of southern Altiplano, more than 65 % of the province being covered by Salar de Uyuni.

The western edge of this block rises in a series of steep cliffs from the Altiplano.

The valley floors range from 2, 000 to 3, 000 metres above sea level, and this lower elevation means milder temperatures than those of the Altiplano.

* Carnavalito -- A dance from southern Peru and the Bolivian Altiplano similar to the huayno.

It is the largest city in the Southern Altiplano and is the recipient of new residents from surrounding smaller agricultural communities of poorer class of people seeking better opportunities for education and employment.

The lake receives most of its water from the Desaguadero River which flows from Lake Titicaca at the north end of the Altiplano.

* Sikuri ( from siku " panflute "), a kind of huayño which is performed on panflutes, especially common in Altiplano region ( Bolivia, Southern Peru ).

Of particular interest is the fact that most of the murals seem to combine the symbology of Altiplano cultures with influences from the Maya, making Cacaxtla unique in this regard.

The views on a clear morning from the summit are unbelievable-the mountain is far higher than anything else anywhere nearby, and the Cordillera Real, Lake Titicaca, La Paz, and part of the Altiplano they reside on are all visible.

The Sumapaz in the Altiplano Cundiboyacense mountain range of Colombia ( about 20km from Bogotá ) is the largest páramo in the world.