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Drinking water and sanitation in Nicaragua are provided by a national public utility in urban areas and water committees in rural areas. Despite relatively high levels of investment, access to drinking water in urban areas has barely kept up with population growth, access to urban sanitation has actually declined and service quality remains poor.
The Water Law aims to protect and preserve the country's water resources. Furthermore, Nicaragua's congressional environment and natural resources committee has also approved its 2010 work plan giving priority to the creation of the national water authority (ANA).
Lake Nicaragua or Cocibolca or Granada (Spanish: Lago de Nicaragua, Lago Cocibolca, Mar Dulce, Gran Lago, Gran Lago Dulce, or Lago de Granada) is a freshwater lake in Nicaragua. Of tectonic origin and with an area of 8,264 km 2 (3,191 sq mi), it is the largest fresh water lake in Central America , [ 2 ] the 19th largest lake in the world (by ...
The Río San Juan is one of the most important rivers in Nicaragua, it borders Costa Rica and connects the Caribbean Sea to Lake Cocibolca. [1] The Nicaragua Canal was a proposed project for an inter-Oceanic canal to transport cargo ships coming in from the Pacific to the Caribbean, or vice versa, instead of sailing down around Cape Horn. As of ...
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. The table includes all still water bodies, natural or artificial, regardless of water volume or maximum depth.
This article lists lakes with a water volume of more than 100 km 3, ranked by volume. The volume of a lake is a difficult quantity to measure. [1] Generally, the volume must be inferred from bathymetric data by integration. Lake volumes can also change dramatically over time and during the year, especially for salt lakes in arid climates.
Rivers of Nicaragua (16 P) Pages in category "Bodies of water of Nicaragua" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. G.
Lake Managua (Spanish: Lago de Managua, ), also known as Lake Xolotlán (Lago Xolotlán), is a freshwater lake in Nicaragua.At 1,042 km², it is approximately 65 kilometres (40 mi) long and 25 kilometres (16 mi) wide.