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Lake Managua
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also known as Lake Xolotlán, is a large freshwater lake in the Nicaraguan Depression near Managua and several volcanoes
Key facts
- Primary outflows
- Tipitapa River
- Basin countries
- Nicaragua
- Max length
- 65 km (40 mi)
- Max width
- 25 km (16 mi)
- Surface area
- 1,024 km (395 sq mi)
- Average depth
- 9.5 m (31 ft)
- Max depth
- 20 m (66 ft)
- Surface elevation
- 39 m (128 ft)
- Islands
- Momotombito [ es ]
- Settlements
- Managua
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Lake Managua (Spanish: Lago de Managua, [maˈnaɣwa]), also known as Lake Xolotlán (Lago Xolotlán), is a freshwater lake in Nicaragua. At 1,042 km², it is approximately 65 kilometres (40 mi) long and 25 kilometres (16 mi) wide. Similarly to the name of Lake Nicaragua, its other name comes from the Nahuatl language, possibly from the Spanish Tlaxcaltec and Mexica allies but most likely from the Nicarao tribes that had already settled in the region. The city of Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, lies on its southwestern shore.
Islands
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lake Managua” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.