Lake Tauca is a former lake in the Altiplano of Bolivia. It is also known as Lake Pocoyu for its constituent lakes: Lake Poopó, Salar de Coipasa and Salar...

been discerned for Lake Minchin within the Altiplano. Another ancient lake in the area is Ouki. The high lake levels of Lake Tauca have been dated as...

varies between reported studies. Lake Minchin (named after Juan B. Minchin of Oruro) later transformed into Paleo Lake Tauca having a maximal depth of 140...

later additional lake cycles were recognized. The minor ones include Inca Huasi, Salinas and Coipasa. The major ones include Lake Tauca and Ouki. Because...

Lake Poopó (Spanish: Lago Poopó Spanish: [ˈlaɣo po.oˈpo]) was a large saline lake in a shallow depression in the Altiplano in Oruro Department, Bolivia...

and five times a year. Lake Tauca Gran Chaco Guatemalan Highlands Mexican Plateau Puna de Atacama Yungas Mercado, David. "Lake Poopo Dries Up". Reuters...

kilometres (4,000–18,000 sq mi). The Ouki lake is one of the so-called deep lake cycles, along with Lake Tauca, from which it may have separated during...

ancient lakes on the Altiplano are Lake Mataro, Lake Ballivian, Lake Minchin and Lake Tauca. An erosion surface at 3,900 metres (12,800 ft) elevation and...

includes several phases, two major phases named Lake Tauca and Ouki as well as a few minor ones. These lake phases appear to occur in response to increased...

Hispanicized spellings Tauca, Taucán) may refer to: Tauca District, a district and its seat in the Ancash Region, Peru Lake Tauca, a former lake in Bolivia Tawqa...

Lago Coipasa is a lake in Sabaya Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 3657 m, its surface area is 806 km². It is located on the western...

Titicaca Lake Escara Inca Huasi Mataro, a lake level highstand of Lake Titicaca Lake Minchin Ouki Sajsi Salinas Lake Tauca Cancosa paleolake Patagonia Great Tehuelche...

Lengupá River Upía River Lake Tota, largest lake of Colombia Lake Fúquene Lake Guatavita Lake Herrera Lake Iguaque Siecha Lakes Lake Suesca La Copa Reservoir...

Reversal or the Younger Dryas climate periods; moraines related to the Lake Tauca stage are either absent or restricted to high elevation sites. Drainage...

are incised by the shorelines of former lakes that occupied the Altiplano, such as Lake Minchin and Lake Tauca. Crusts of algae, stromatolites and river...

years ago during the late glacial, a wet period gave rise to lakes in the Altiplano (Lake Tauca pluvial). Water discharge from Llullaillaco and neighbouring...

17,000–13,000 years ago, shorelines formed around the lakes that surround Uturuncu; Lake Tauca may have been a source of moisture for Uturuncu. After...

of increased precipitation led to the formation of giant lakes in the Altiplano ("Lake Tauca") and (possibly) to the growth of glaciers. In recent decades...

the Lake Tauca occurred. The last glacial maximum was drier and colder, leading to a total disappearance of vegetation and a drying of the lake between...

Coipasa, Ouki, Minchin, Sajsi, Salinas and Tauca. Research made in 2006 attributed the "Lake Minchin" to this lake phase. Placzek, Quade & Patchett 2006,...

Chile portal Geology portal Caldera Lauca Lauca National Park Lauca River Lake Tauca Wigger et al., 2012, p.81 Wörner et al., 1992 Kött et al., 1995 García...

above sea level. This and the lake terraces that the landslide overran marks the collapse as synchronous with the Lake Tauca episode 12,000-12,360 years...

series of lakes which developed in the Titicaca basin along with Lake Mataro and Lake Cabana, reaching an altitude of 3,860 metres (12,660 ft). Lake Ballivián...

Quelccaya may or may not have occurred at the same time as the former Lake Tauca existed on the Altiplano, and it is possible that the retreat occurred...

waterbodies and the Lauca River were once joined by the former Lake Tauca. In Chungará Lake these fish occur at elevations of over 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi);...

Glacial Lake Albany was a prehistoric North American proglacial lake that formed during the end of the Wisconsinan glaciation. It existed between 15,000...

8–16.4 ft) above the current lake levels; they are considered to be remnants of late glacial shorelines, during the Lake Tauca wet period. At that time between...

are set into the avalanche deposit, with the traces of the highstand of Lake Tauca being recognizable; thus the sector collapse predates the highstand. Andesitic...

several large lakes formed in the Altiplano, including Lake Minchin, Lake Ballivian, Lake Cabana and Lake Mataro. Additional ancient lakes have been identified...

displacement of the tropical circulation during the Lake Tauca stage have been invoked to explain higher lake levels in Lejía and other regional waterbodies. Glaciers...