Suches Lake

The Laguna Suches (also: Lago Suches ) is a lake on the border between the two South American Andean countries of Bolivia and Peru, with about 90 percent of the area of the lake are assigned to the territory of Bolivia. The western shore of the lake belongs to the Puno region of Peru, the eastern shore to the Bolivian department of La Paz

The Laguna Suches is located at an altitude of 4605 m surrounded by the ridge of the Cordillera Apolobamba. The lake is fed by the rivers Río among other Huaytire and Río Livicalane, it has an area of ​​thirteen kilometers in length and up to almost two kilometers in width, the total area of the lake is 14.2 km ². The outlet of the lake at its southwestern end feeds the Río Suches, which has a length of 174 km and near the Bolivian town of Escoma empties into Lake Titicaca.