Lake Enriquillo
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Key facts
- Location
- Hoya de Enriquillo
- Lake type
- saline lake
- Primary inflows
- Yaque del Sur
- Primary outflows
- evaporation
- Basin countries
- Dominican Republic
- Surface area
- 375 km (145 sq mi)
- Max depth
- 52 m (171 ft)
- Surface elevation
- −46 m (−151 ft)
- Islands
- Isla Cabritos (Two former islands submerged by December 2011)
- Settlements
- Boca de Cachón, La Descubierta, Postrer Río, Neyba , Duvergé , Jimaní
- Official name
- Lago Enriquillo
- Designated
- 15 May 2002
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- rift lake
- Named after
- Enriquillo
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Located in
- Independencia
- Area
- 375
- Elevation
- -46
- Image
- Lake enriquillo-b.jpg
- Width
- 12.5
- Length
- 40.0
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- Commons category
- Lake Enriquillo
- heritage designation
- Ramsar site
- vertical depth
- 52
- basin country
- Dominican Republic
- located in/on physical feature
- Hispaniola
- inflows
- Yaque del Sur
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Encyclopedic overview
Lake Enriquillo (Spanish: Lago Enriquillo) is a hypersaline lake in the Dominican Republic located in the southwestern region of the country. Its waters are shared between the provinces of Bahoruco and Independencia, the latter of which borders Haiti. Lake Enriquillo is the largest lake in both the Dominican Republic and Hispaniola, as well as the entire Caribbean. It is also the lowest point for an island country.
Hydrology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lake Enriquillo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.