Lake Nicaragua
largest lake in Central America in Nicaragua
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Summary
Lake Nicaragua is a lake[1]. It ranks in the top 0.4% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,455 views/month, #22 of 5,436).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Río San Juan Department[3], Rivas Department[4], Chontales Department[5], Granada Department[6], Boaco Department[7], Acoyapa[8]
- Country: Nicaragua[9]
- Inflows: Río Tipitapa[10], Celeste River[11], Río Limón[12], Río Ostayo[13], Río Sábalos[14]
- Outflows: Río San Juan[15]
- Basin country: Nicaragua[16]
- Commons category: Lake Nicaragua[17]
- Coordinate location: 11.5742, -85.3563[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lake Nicaragua[19]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Meyer’s Universum, Siebzehnter Band[22]
- Native label: Lago de Nicaragua[23]
- Length: 148[24]
- Elevation above sea level: 32[25], 31[26]
- Area: 8264[27]
- Width: 55[28]
- Watershed area: 23,844[29]
- Volume as quantity: 108[30]
- Vertical depth: 60[31]
- Drainage basin: San Juan River basin[32]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[33]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Lake Nicaragua[34]
- P14470: Locations/Lake_Nicaragua[35]
- P14541: 3PYOCF[36]
Why It Matters
Lake Nicaragua has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]