| Lake Managua Lago de Managua Lago Xolotlán |
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| Basin countries | Nicaragua |
| Max. A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, length | 65 km |
| Max. width | 25 km |
Lake Managua (also known as Lake Xolotlán) (located at ) is a lake in Nicaragua. A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America The (Spanish) name is Lago de Managua or Lago Xolotlán. It is approximately 65 kilometres (40 miles) long and 25 kilometres (15 miles) wide. Similarly to the name of Lake Nicaragua, its name was coined by the Spanish conquerors from "Mangue" (their name for the Mánkeme tribes) and agua ("water"). The city of Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, lies on its southwestern shore. Managua is the Capital city of Nicaragua as well as the department and municipality by the same name Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America
The lake has been severely polluted, in part by Kodak dumping mercury into the lake in the 1950s, but mostly by decades of sewage being dumped into the lake. Eastman Kodak Company ( is an American multinational Public company which produces imaging and photographic materials and equipment Mercury (ˈmɜrkjʊri also called quicksilver or hydrargyrum, is a Chemical element with the symbol Hg ( Latinized hydrargyrum The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive Sewage is the mainly liquid Waste containing some solids produced by humans which typically consists of washing water Feces, Urine, laundry waste and other Despite the pollution, some of the people of Managua still live along the lake's shores and eat the fish.
It rose 3 metres (10 feet) in five days during Hurricane Mitch in 1998, destroying the homes of many who lived on its edge. Hurricane Mitch was one of the deadliest and most powerful Hurricanes on record in the Atlantic basin with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph (285 km/h Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
It is also joined by the Tipitapa River to another lake, Lake Nicaragua; however, owing to the extreme pollution, the Bull sharks of Lake Nicaragua cannot migrate to Lake Managua. The bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas, also known as the bull whaler, Zambezi shark or unofficially known as Zambi in Africa and Nicaragua
Gallery
 from Tipitapa, circa 2003 |
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Momotombo is a Volcano in Nicaragua, not far from the city of León.
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