. The earth and its inhabitants ... , flowing south-eastwards in a line with the axis of the plateau, isjoined by the Pio de Maure, a large tributary descending from the WesternCordillera and ramifying at the confluence into several mouths. The Desaguadero itself divides into a number of branches, which are obstructedby aquatic growths forming extensive thickets frequented by the Uros. TheseIndian fishers construct floating villages by means of reed rafts, above which areraised matted huts of these plants. In a course of about 200 miles the Desaguaderodescends by a uniform incline a total heig
. The earth and its inhabitants ... , flowing south-eastwards in a line with the axis of the plateau, isjoined by the Pio de Maure, a large tributary descending from the WesternCordillera and ramifying at the confluence into several mouths. The Desaguadero itself divides into a number of branches, which are obstructedby aquatic growths forming extensive thickets frequented by the Uros. TheseIndian fishers construct floating villages by means of reed rafts, above which areraised matted huts of these plants. In a course of about 200 miles the Desaguaderodescends by a uniform incline a total height of 475 feet down to another lacustrine * Comparative areas of Titicaca and other large lakes :— Square Miles. Superior 33,200 Nyanza 30,000? Michigan 24,700 Tanganyika 15,600 Baikal 14,000 Titiciica 3,300 Geneva 230 t Alexander Agassiz, Ausland, 1870, part THE BOLIVIAN LAKES. 363 basin variously known as Pampa-Aullagas, Poopo, Oruro, from the towns on ornear its banks. Into this land-locked lake tlie Desaguadero discharges a volumeestimated at over 3,500 cubic feet per second. Pampa-Aullagas, which is of a more regular oval form than Titicaca, appearsto be niucb shallower; its survey, which, however, is far from complete, hasnowhere revealed depths of more than 70 feet. Panza, an island in the middle ofthe basin, is disposed in the same direction as the general axis of the the Desaguadero, the lake receives a few affluents from the Eastern Cor-dilleras. But the evaporation from a surface of about 1,100 square miles wouldappear to exceed the contributions from all these sources, for the effluent escapingsouth-westwards has apparently a mean discharge of scarcely 35 cubic feet persecond. This outlet even disappears for some distance in the sands, reappearing lowerdown under the Aymara name of Laca Ahuira, Effluent, which i
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