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navigable for light draught vessels and light 
ers. It is estimated that the Paraguay, Beni, 
Itenes, Mamore, Pilcomayo, Paragua, and 
other streams give a total water transportation 
of more than 11,000 miles. These streams, 
however, can be used more advantageously as 
commerce carriers toward Brazil, Paraguay 
and Argentine than to the West Coast coun 
tries. Various projects have been suggested 
for dredging them and providing locks so as 
to develop the territory drained by them, but 
it is doubtful if the next century will see this 
work started, although it is feasible. 
Lake Titicaca is the highest body of navi 
gable water in the world, the steamers which 
operate on it having been brought from Eu 
rope in sections and erected on its banks. It 
is one of the largest lakes in this hemisphere, 
covering an area of more than 4,000 square 
miles and being 160 miles long and 30 wide. 
While the steamers which ply on its surface 
carry passengers, they also bring all of the 
freight into or leaving the country via the port 
of Mollendo in Peru.