The retreat of Lake Titicaca worries Bolivians: “It is completely dry”

The retreat of Lake Titicaca worries Bolivians: "It is completely dry"
An Aymara man walks across the dry and cracked bed of Lake Titicaca, in Huarina, Bolivia. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
An Aymara man walks past an abandoned boat near the shore of Lake Titicaca (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
An Aymara man walks past an abandoned boat near the shore of Lake Titicaca (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
The low water level in the lake is having a direct impact on the local flora and fauna (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
The low water level in the lake is having a direct impact on the local flora and fauna (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
The drought affects local communities that depend on the natural border between Peru and Bolivia for their livelihoods. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
The drought affects local communities that depend on the natural border between Peru and Bolivia for their livelihoods. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
The Bolivian navy's hydrology unit warned that water levels could reach historically low levels in the coming months. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
The Bolivian navy’s hydrology unit warned that water levels could reach historically low levels in the coming months. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
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There is a “high probability” that in December the lake will be 25 inches below the drought alert level, breaking a record low set in 1998 by 13 inches. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
The Andean region goes through years of deficit rainfall that feeds the snow-capped mountains, the lake's main source of water supply. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
The Andean region goes through years of deficit rainfall that feeds the snow-capped mountains, the lake’s main source of water supply. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Authorities in the Peruvian city of Puno issued a warning about declining water levels and raised concerns about the potential impact on tourism. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Authorities in the Peruvian city of Puno issued a warning about declining water levels and raised concerns about the potential impact on tourism. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
The lake serves as the border between Bolivia and Peru. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
The lake serves as the border between Bolivia and Peru. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
The vast lake is vital to that region of the Bolivian altiplano, where hundreds of rural Aymara communities have always depended on it for their subsistence as farmers and ranchers. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
The vast lake is vital to that region of the Bolivian altiplano, where hundreds of rural Aymara communities have always depended on it for their subsistence as farmers and ranchers. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Economic difficulties are causing many residents of the area to migrate to other parts of the country, leaving behind the usual residents (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Economic difficulties are causing many residents of the area to migrate to other parts of the country, leaving behind the usual residents (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A soldier and an engineer, next to the water level meter on Lake Titicaca, in the port of Guaqui, Bolivia (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A soldier and an engineer, next to the water level meter on Lake Titicaca, in the port of Guaqui, Bolivia (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Those who make a living transporting people from one side of the lake to the other are altering their routes because their rafts and boats no longer reach the usual docks.. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Those who make a living transporting people from one side of the lake to the other are altering their routes because their rafts and boats no longer reach the usual docks.. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A boat sails across Lake Titicaca in Tiquina (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A boat sails across Lake Titicaca in Tiquina (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
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