List of lakes of Nicaragua

This article contains a sortable table listing all lakes and lagoons of Nicaragua. The table includes all still water bodies, natural or artificial, regardless of water volume or maximum depth.[1]

 
Ranking Nombre Superficie
(km²) 		Departamento (s)
1 Lake Nicaragua (Cocibolca) 8,138.10 Granada
Rivas
Río San Juan
Chontales
2 Lake Managua (Xolotlan) 1,052.90 Managua
León
3 Perlas Lagoon 505.64 RACCS
4 Bahía de Bluefields 172.73 RACCS
5 Bismuna Lagoon (Wani) 131.68 RACCN
6 Wouhnta Lagoon 93.83 RACCN
7 Pahra Lagoon 91.97 RACCN
8 Lake Apanás 45.90 Jinotega
9 Top Lock Lagoon 31.63 RACCS
10 Karatá Lagoon 29.75 RACCN
11 Sonie Lagoon 26.09 RACCS
12 Apoyo Lagoon 19.44 Granada
Masaya
13 Tisma Lagoon 14.11 Granada
14 Dakura Lagoon 11.75 RACCN
15 Masaya Lagoon 8.54 Masaya
16 Cabo viejo Lagoon 7.63 RACCN
17 Ñocrime Lagoon 5.60 Rivas
18 Moyuá Lagoon 5.08 Matagalpa
19 Xiloá Lagoon 3.79 Managua
20 Sikapakia Lagoon 2.88 RACCN
21 Leimus Lagoon 2.82 RACCN
22 Apoyeque Lagoon 1.93 Managua
23 Cosigüina Lagoon 1.25 Chinandega
24 Monte Galán Lagoon 0.76 León
25 Asososca Lagoon 0.69 Managua
26 Mombacho Lagoon 0.30 Granada
27 Maderas Lagoon 0.22 Rivas
28 Nejapa Lagoon 0.19 Managua
29 Tiscapa Lagoon 0.13 Managua

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos de Nicaragua (2002). Superficie de los principales lagos y lagunas, según departamentos (Km2) (PDF).