Lake Managua
| Lake Managua | ||
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| Geographical location | Nicaragua (Central America) | |
| Drain | Río Tipitapa | |
| Places on the shore | Managua | |
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| Coordinates | 12 ° 20 ′ N , 86 ° 21 ′ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 39 m | |
| surface | 1 035 km² | |
| Maximum depth | 20 m | |
| Middle deep | 9.5 m | |
The Managua (span. Lago de Managua ), also Xolotlan , is one of two large freshwater lakes of the Central American country Nicaragua . It is located on the Momotombo volcano ( 1258 m ), reaches a length of almost 60 kilometers and is up to 32 kilometers wide. Its area is about 1134 square kilometers. In the southeast it is connected to Lake Nicaragua via the Tipitapa River . In the southwest, the Chiltepe peninsula with the Apoyeque volcanic complex protrudes about ten kilometers into the lake.
Nicaragua's capital, Managua, on the south bank of the lake, is currently home to over a million people, a fifth of Nicaragua's total population. For a long time, the sewage was discharged directly and untreated into the lake. As a result, the lake was considered biologically as good as dead. Supported by the Federal Republic of Germany , which provided 25 million euros, the construction of a sewage treatment plant began in 2004 . The new sewage treatment plant was inaugurated in February 2009 and now filters 120,000 cubic meters of wastewater every day. Since then, the lake has recovered significantly.
Individual evidence
- ^ Resuscitation of a sewer - Die Zeit online, accessed on Oct. 3, 2012
