Lake Enriquillo
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| Geographical location | Parque Nacional Isla Cabritos , Independencia Province , Dominican Republic | |
| Tributaries | Rivière Soliette | |
| Drain | none | |
| Islands | Cabritos | |
| Location close to the shore | Jimani | |
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| Coordinates | 18 ° 31 ′ N , 71 ° 40 ′ W | |
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| Depth below sea level | 40 m below sea level | |
| surface | 375 km² | |
| length | 40 km | |
| width | 12.5 km | |
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The Enriquillo Lake ( Spanish Lago Enriquillo ) is a 375 km² salt lake in the west of the Dominican Republic near the border with Haiti in the Parque Nacional Isla Cabritos . It is the largest lake in the Antilles. He is named after Enriquillo , a chief of the Taíno . In the lake lies the 25 km² island of Cabritos , the Taíno's last refuge.
The lake is a former estuary between the Sierra de Neiba and Sierra Baoruco mountain ranges , which is now 40 meters below sea level. It is the lowest point in the Caribbean. Due to its formation, remains of hard corals can still be found on the banks . Rhinoceros iguanas , pointed crocodiles and flamingos live on the shores of the lake and on Cabritos .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Agencia EFE : UE otorga 200,000 euros a afectados por la crecida Lago Enriquillo Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Listín Diario . October 20, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2012. "(...) según el Instituto Nacional de Recursos Hidráulicos (INDHRI), su superficie ha alcanzado 37,500 hectáreas."
- ↑ Information on the national parks of the Dominican Republic
- ↑ Article on an agreement between Haiti and the Dominican Republic
- ↑ Travel report about the lake
