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Lake Nicaragua

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The largest lake in Central America, lying almost entirely within Nicaragua and historically considered as a possible route for an interoceanic canal before the Panama route was chosen. It is one of the few freshwater lakes in the world known to support bull sharks.

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Area (sq km)
8264 1
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Nicaragua, Countries

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Source Lake Nicaragua (Wikipedia)
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1. Lake Nicaragua (Wikipedia)
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  • Infobox, area
    area = 8264 km2
  • Shaped By: Plate Tectonics, Lead paragraph
    Of tectonic origin and with an area of 8,264 km2 (3,191 sq mi), it is the largest fresh water lake in Central America, the 19th largest lake in the world (by area) and the tenth largest in the Americas, slightly smaller than Lake Titicaca.
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Wikidata: Lake Nicaragua
Wikidata Q173862, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

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