Étang Saumâtre
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Étang Saumâtre (Spanish: Laguna del Fondo), (English: brackish pond) is the largest lake in Haiti and the second largest lake in the Dominican Republic and Hispaniola, after Lake Enriquillo. It is also known as Lake Azuéi (Lac Azuéi); its Taíno name was Yainagua.[2]
Étang Saumâtre | |
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Location | Plaine du Cul-de-Sac |
Coordinates | 18°35′51″N 72°00′53″W[1] |
Lake type | Salt lake |
Primary inflows | Small streams |
Primary outflows | Land locked |
Basin countries | Haiti, Dominican Republic |
Max. length | 22 km (14 mi) |
Max. width | 12 km (7.5 mi) |
Surface area | 170 km2 (66 sq mi) |
Surface elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
Settlements | Jimaní |
Unlike its hypersaline neighbor, Étang Saumâtre is a brackish water lake. It lies 22 kilometres (14 mi) east of Port-au-Prince on the fertile Plaine du Cul-de-Sac. The lake supports over 100 species of waterfowl, American flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber), American crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus), and several other fauna found nowhere else in Haiti. The color of the lake is an intense shade of blue, and it is skirted by brush and cacti.