High resolution satellite images of remains of containment canals at Paria and Oruro, Bolivia

Satellite imagery shows what looks like remains of very large containment canals on the river Paria and river Desaguadero near Oruro, Bolivia, similar to remains of large canal found in Caral, Peru.
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Paria canal 1
above, the Paria canal.

Paria canal 1

Paria canal 02

Paria canal 03

Paria canal 04

Paria canal width 200ft
above, the satellite measures the canal as 200 feet (60 metres)wide.

Paria canal oblique view looking east
above, oblique view looking east.

Desaguadero to lake UruUru canal
above, the wide channel discharging the rio Desaguadero into lago UruUru.

Desaguadero to lake UruUru canal northern end
above, northern end of the wide channel discharging the rio Desaguadero into lago UruUru.

Desaguadero to lake UruUru canal northern end close up
above, close-up of northern end of the wide channel discharging the rio Desaguadero into lago UruUru.

Desaguadero canal 200feet wide
above, the channel measures 200 feet (60 metres) wide.

Desaguadero canal oblique view
above, oblique view.

Desaguadero canal oblique view 2
above, oblique view with lago UruUru in the distance.

Desaguadero canal oblique view 2
above, in the wet season the water from lago UruUru overflows the land and surrounds the canal.

ancient canals Tabasco Mexico
The above canal in Tabasco, Mexico, measures 208ft wide, the same as two sections of similar canal near Oruro, Bolivia. click for Tabasco, mexico page

For drowned ancient canals in Louisiana seaboard, click here

J.M. Allen, updated 2nd June 2011
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