Famous since Spanish colonial days for its mineral wealth, modern Bolivia was once a part of the ancient Incan empire
Bolivia is a landlocked Country roughly equal in size to California and Texas combined. Brazil forms its eastern border; its other neighbors are Peru and Chile on the west and Argentina and Paraguay on the south. It is one of the highest Countries on the planet with an average altitude of 12,000 ft with almost half of the population living at this altitude. The Country is dominated by the massive Andes mountains. The Oriente is a lowland region ranging from rain forests to grasslands and comprises the northern and eastern two-thirds of the country. Lake Titicaca, at an altitude of 12,507 ft (3,812 m), is the highest commercially navigable body of water in the world.