Lake Güija: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Lake in Santa Ana Department, Guatemala}}

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| name = Lake Güija

| native_name = {{native name|es|Lago de Güija}}

| image =San Diego volcano.jpg

| caption = Lake Güija with Volcán de San Diego in the upper right

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| location = [[Jutiapa (department)|Jutiapa]], [[Metapan, El Salvador|Metapan]], [[Santa Ana Department|Santa Ana]]

| coords = {{Coord|14|16|N|89|31|W|type:waterbody_region:GT|display=inline,title}}

| type = [[Volcanogenic lake]]

| inflow = [[Ostúa River]]

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| basin_countries = Guatemala, El Salvador

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| area = {{convert|45|km2|abbr=on}}

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| elevation = {{convert|430|m|abbr=on}}

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| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Lake Güija in El Salvador.

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| designation1 = Ramsar

| designation1_offname = Complejo Güija

| designation1_date = 16 December 2010

| designation1_number = 1924<ref>{{Cite web|title=Complejo Güija|website=[[Ramsar Convention|Ramsar]] Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1924|accessdate=25 April 2018}}</ref>}}

'''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&nbsp;km², of which approximately 32&nbsp;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>

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.

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>

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090308032650/http://www.sica.int/trifinio/areas/guija.aspx Lago de Güija]

* [http://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=343001 San Diego Volcano]

* [https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/210/ Tentative list UNESCO World Heritage Sites]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081101231432/http://www.fisdl.gob.sv/content/view/670/143/ Metapán]

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[[Category:Ramsar sites in El Salvador]]

[[Category:Geography of the Jutiapa Department]]

[[Category:Lava dammed lakes|Güija]]