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'''Lake Güija''' is a [[lake]] in [[Central America]]. The lake is situated on the border between [[Guatemala]] and [[El Salvador]] and has an area of 45 km |
'''Lake Güija''' is a [[lake]] in [[Central America]]. The lake is situated on the border between [[Guatemala]] and [[El Salvador]] and has an area of 45 km², of which approximately 32 km² lies in El Salvador.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sica.int/trifinio/areas/guija.aspx |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308032650/http://www.sica.int/trifinio/areas/guija.aspx |archivedate=8 March 2009 |url-status=dead |work=CTPT |publisher=SICA |title=Lago de Güija |accessdate=15 July 2008 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2005/09/22/000011823_20050922165216/Rendered/PDF/E12220v30Guija0Conservation.pdf | publisher=MARN | title=Evaluación Ambiental del complejo Lago de Güija - Informe final |author=Herrera, Néstor |year=2005 | accessdate=15 July 2008 | format=PDF}}</ref> |
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The lake is of volcanic origin and was formed by a large [[basaltic]] [[lava]] flow from [[Volcán de San Diego]] in the [[San Diego volcanic field]] which blocked the Güija depression's original drainage.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=343001 |work=GVP |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |title=San Diego Volcano |author= |year= | accessdate=18 July 2008 |language=en}}</ref> Lake Güija is fed by the Ostúa, Angue and Cusmapa rivers and is drained on its southeastern side by the río Desagüe, a tributary of the [[Lempa River|río Lempa]]. The lake is surrounded by the volcanic cones of the Mita, San Diego and Cerro Quemado. The Salvadoran side of the lake has several small isles: Teotipa, Cerro de Tule and Iguatepec, where a substantial number of [[pre-Columbian]] céramics{{Clarify|date=August 2010}} have been discovered since excavations started in 1924. |
The lake is of volcanic origin and was formed by a large [[basaltic]] [[lava]] flow from [[Volcán de San Diego]] in the [[San Diego volcanic field]] which blocked the Güija depression's original drainage.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=343001 |work=GVP |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |title=San Diego Volcano |author= |year= | accessdate=18 July 2008 |language=en}}</ref> Lake Güija is fed by the Ostúa, Angue and Cusmapa rivers and is drained on its southeastern side by the río Desagüe, a tributary of the [[Lempa River|río Lempa]]. The lake is surrounded by the volcanic cones of the Mita, San Diego and Cerro Quemado. The Salvadoran side of the lake has several small isles: Teotipa, Cerro de Tule and Iguatepec, where a substantial number of [[pre-Columbian]] céramics{{Clarify|date=August 2010}} have been discovered since excavations started in 1924. |
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== World Heritage Status == |
== World Heritage Status == |
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This site was added to the [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage]] Tentative List on September 21, 1992 |
This site was added to the [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage]] Tentative List on September 21, 1992 in the Mixed (Cultural + Natural) category.<ref>[https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/210/ Lake Guija - UNESCO World Heritage Centre]</ref> |
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