Étang Saumâtre

E631825

lake

Étang Saumâtre is a large hypersaline lake in eastern Haiti, near the border with the Dominican Republic, known as the country’s largest lake and an important habitat for birds and crocodiles.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Etang Saumatre	1
Étang Saumâtre canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	lake ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Lac Azuéi NERFINISHED ⓘ Lago Azuéi NERFINISHED ⓘ Lago del Fondo NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Azuéi NERFINISHED ⓘ
basinCountry	Dominican Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Haiti NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderFeatureFor	Haiti–Dominican Republic border region NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	semi-arid ⓘ
country	Haiti ⓘ
distanceFromPort-au-Prince	about 40 kilometres ⓘ
elevation	approximately 15 metres above sea level ⓘ
faunaIncludes	American flamingo NERFINISHED ⓘ egrets ⓘ fish adapted to high salinity ⓘ herons ⓘ shorebirds ⓘ
hasInflow	seasonal streams ⓘ
hasOutflow	none ⓘ
hydrologicalType	closed basin ⓘ
importantHabitatFor	American crocodile NERFINISHED ⓘ migratory birds ⓘ waterbirds ⓘ
isLargestLakeOf	Haiti NERFINISHED ⓘ
isSecondLargestLakeOf	Hispaniola NERFINISHED ⓘ
length	approximately 22 kilometres ⓘ
locatedEastOf	Port-au-Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Ouest Department NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Haiti NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic ⓘ
locatedOn	Hispaniola NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearSettlement	Fond Parisien NERFINISHED ⓘ Ganthier NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimaní NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Cul-de-Sac–Enriquillo Graben NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Cul-de-Sac plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
salinity	hypersaline ⓘ
surfaceArea	approximately 170 square kilometres ⓘ
threatenedBy	deforestation in the watershed ⓘ overgrazing ⓘ water level fluctuations ⓘ water pollution ⓘ
usedFor	fishing ⓘ livestock watering ⓘ local transport by boat ⓘ salt extraction (locally) ⓘ
waterType	alkaline ⓘ
width	approximately 12 kilometres ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Azuei → alsoKnownAs → Étang Saumâtre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Etang Saumatre