Lake Enriquillo

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Lake Enriquillo is a hypersaline, below-sea-level lake in the Dominican Republic known as one of the largest and lowest lakes in the Caribbean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf endorheic lake
hypersaline lake
lake
alsoKnownAs Lake Enriquillo
surface form: Lago Enriquillo
area approximately 350 square kilometers
basinCountry Dominican Republic
belowSeaLevel true
climate arid
continent North America
country Dominican Republic
elevation approximately −44 meters
geologicalOrigin tectonic basin
hasFauna American crocodile
flamingo
iguana
hasFeature fluctuating water level
high evaporation rate
hasInflow seasonal streams
hasIsland Isla Cabritos
surface form: Isla Barbarita

Isla Cabritos
Isla Islita
hasProtectedStatus Ramsar site
hasShorelineVegetation cactus
thorn forest
xerophytic scrub
hydrologicalType closed basin
isLargestOf lakes in the Dominican Republic
isOneOfLargest lakes in the Caribbean
isOneOfLowest points in the Caribbean
knownFor being a hypersaline below-sea-level lake
birdwatching opportunities
large American crocodile population
languageOfToponym Spanish
locatedIn Caribbean
Hispaniola
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Bahoruco Province
Independencia Province
locatedInProtectedArea Lago Enriquillo e Isla Cabritos National Park
locatedWestOf Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
surface form: Santo Domingo
maximumDepth approximately 40 meters
namedAfter Enriquillo
nearBorderWith Haiti
outflow none
partOf Enriquillo Valley
surface form: Enriquillo Basin
region southwestern Dominican Republic
salinity hypersaline
waterType saline

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Hispaniola hasMajorLake Lake Enriquillo
Lake Enriquillo alsoKnownAs Lake Enriquillo
this entity surface form: Lago Enriquillo
Lake Azuei separatedFrom Lake Enriquillo
Lake Azuei isPartOf Lake Enriquillo
this entity surface form: Haiti–Dominican Republic transboundary watershed
Enriquillo Valley contains Lake Enriquillo