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.[1]
Ranking
Nombre
Superficie (km²)
Departamento (s)
1
Lake Nicaragua (Cocibolca)
8,138.10
Granada Rivas Río San Juan Chontales
2
Lake Managua (Xolotlan)
1,052.90
Managua León
3
Perlas Lagoon
505.64
RACCS
4
Bahía de Bluefields
172.73
RACCS
5
Bismuna Lagoon (Wani)
131.68
RACCN
6
Wouhnta Lagoon
93.83
RACCN
7
Pahra Lagoon
91.97
RACCN
8
Lake Apanás
45.90
Jinotega
9
Top Lock Lagoon
31.63
RACCS
10
Karatá Lagoon
29.75
RACCN
11
Sonie Lagoon
26.09
RACCS
12
Apoyo Lagoon
19.44
Granada Masaya
13
Tisma Lagoon
14.11
Granada
14
Dakura Lagoon
11.75
RACCN
15
Masaya Lagoon
8.54
Masaya
16
Cabo viejo Lagoon
7.63
RACCN
17
Ñocrime Lagoon
5.60
Rivas
18
Moyuá Lagoon
5.08
Matagalpa
19
Xiloá Lagoon
3.79
Managua
20
Sikapakia Lagoon
2.88
RACCN
21
Leimus Lagoon
2.82
RACCN
22
Apoyeque Lagoon
1.93
Managua
23
Cosigüina Lagoon
1.25
Chinandega
24
Monte Galán Lagoon
0.76
León
25
Asososca Lagoon
0.69
Managua
26
Mombacho Lagoon
0.30
Granada
27
Maderas Lagoon
0.22
Rivas
28
Nejapa Lagoon
0.19
Managua
29
Tiscapa Lagoon
0.13
Managua
^Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos de Nicaragua (2002). Superficie de los principales lagos y lagunas, según departamentos (Km2)(PDF).
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