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21Lake Titicaca Basin,Bolivia and PeruBy: The Binational AutonomousAuthority of Lake Titicaca(ALT, Autoridad Binacional del LagoTiticaca Bolivia-Perú)Table of contentsGeneral Context 466Location 466Map 21.1: Locator map 466Map 21.2: Basin map 466Table 21.1: Hydrological characteristics of the Lake Titicaca basin 466Table 21.2: TDPS system size 467Major physical characteristics 466Topography 466Climate 467Land types 467Major socio-economic characteristics 467Population 467Table 21.3: TDPS population data 468Table 21.4: Population in main cities 468Education 468Health 468Table 21.5: Health data 468Economic activities 468Figure 21.1: Distribution of the active working population of Bolivia and Peru 469Cultural background 469Water Resources 470Hydrology 470Surface water 470Table 21.6: Annual flow in ten control stations of Lake Titicaca andDesaguadero River 470Groundwater 471Map 21.3: Distribution of groundwater in the TDPS system 470Water quality 471Extreme events 471Map 21.4: Incidence of extreme events – frost 472Map 21.5: Incidence of extreme events – precipitation duringperiods of drought 472Human impacts on water resources 471Surface cover 471Dams and diversions 471Pollutants 471Non-native species 471Overharvesting 472