| Lagunas of Catemaco |
| 5 lakes and one lagoon grace the municipal Catemaco landscape. In Spanish, "laguna" (lagoon) and "lago" (lake) are used interchangeably. |
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| Catemaco Veracruz, Mexico |
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Laguna Sontecomapan - a coastal lagoon
Laguna Chalchoapan - a crater lake fed by groundwater
Laguna Nixtamalapan - a crater lake fed by groundwater
Lago Apompal - a shallow groundwater fed lake
Laguna Amolapan - a shallow groundwater fed lake
Laguna Catemaco - a true lake, fed by streams
Laguna Chalchoapan - a crater lake fed by groundwater
Laguna Nixtamalapan - a crater lake fed by groundwater
Lago Apompal - a shallow groundwater fed lake
Laguna Amolapan - a shallow groundwater fed lake
Laguna Catemaco - a true lake, fed by streams
| also Axmolapan & Amaloapan, Size: app. 150 m x 115 m, 1.7 ha, Depth: unknown, presumed to be less than 5 m, Water Quality: unknown, murky Tourism: no facilities, Access: 2 km north of Catemaco, on Sontecomapan highway, at El Cortijo entrance. More photos & details |
| Type: groundwater fed crater lake, Name: Nahuatl "en el agua verde esmeralda", emerald waters, Size: 590m x 570 m, app 3.4 ha, Depth: max. 43 m, avg 22m, Water Quality: eutrophic, murky, Altitude: 420 m, 100 m above laguna, Tourism: no facilities Access: 3 km southwest of Catemaco, off Acayucan highway, along partially paved rural road More photos & details. |
| Laguna Amolapan |
| Laguna Chalchoapan |
| Laguna Nixtamalpan |
| Laguna de Sontecomapan |
| Laguna de Catemaco |
| Lago Apompal |
| Name: Nahuatl - "en el agua de nixtamal", waters of the nixtamal (corn dough) also Laguna Encantada Depth: unknown, said to be 50 m Water Quality: unknown, murky Tourism: no facilities. Access: 2.2 km northwest of Catemaco, off Sontecomapan highway, 1/4 mile above hospital. More photos & details. |
| Name: Spanish - Apompo tree lake (money tree), Size: app. 140 x 100m, 1.4 ha, Depth: unknown, presumed shallow, Water Quality: unknown, murky, Tourism: no facilities, Access: 28 km northwest of Catemaco, off Las Margaritas road, above Miguel Hidalgo village. |
| Name: Nahuatl " cabeza de rios" headwaters Size: app. 6200 m longest x 4000 m widest, highly irregular, 900 ha, Depth: max 5 m, avg less than 2 m, Water Quality: clear to murky, brackish Altitude: sea level Tourism: see Sontecomapan tourism Access: 18 km northwest of Catemaco, off Montepio highway, on edge of town of Sontecomapan. More photos & details. |
| Depth: max. 7.6 m, avg 11 m, deepest point 22 m, Water Quality: eutrophic, murky Altitude: 340 m, Tourism: see Laguna Catemaco Tourism Access: shores of the city of Catemaco and various surrounding locations. More photos & details |
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