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El Salvador also obtains about 7.5 km 3 of surface water per year from neighboring Honduras and Guatemala. [8] The Cerrón Grande Reservoir, known locally as Lake Suchitlán, is the largest body of fresh water in El Salvador. [9] The Lempa River watershed dominates El Salvador covering half of the country at 10, 255 km 2 and draining 6, 214 ...
Colonia Escalón in San Salvador. El Salvador's water resources are highly polluted, owing in part to the almost total absence of municipal wastewater treatment. In addition, the country suffers from water scarcity during the dry season and conflicts among users. It is estimated that 90 percent of the surface water bodies are contaminated.
The Cerrón Grande Reservoir is the northernmost body of water in this image taken by NASA. The Cerrón Grande Reservoir is located in northern El Salvador and surrounded by the departments of Cabañas, Chalatenango, Cuscatlán, and San Salvador. [3] The reservoir's primary inflows are the Acelhuate River and the Lempa River.
Rivers of El Salvador (22 P) Pages in category "Bodies of water of El Salvador" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
The total land area of El Salvador is 23,041 km 2, with 20,721 km 2 of land and 320 km 2 of water. El Salvador is about the size of Israel and the U.S. states of New Jersey and Vermont, but has the population size of Libya and Lebanon. El Salvador has 590 km of borders, including 391 km of borders with Honduras and 199 km with Guatemala. El ...
This is a list of rivers in El Salvador. El Salvador has 58 river basins which all drain to the Pacific Ocean. [1] The total amount of water discharged into the Pacific is 19 million m³ in a normal year. [2] Additionally, there are several endorheic basins linked to a lake. Coatepeque Lake is the largest endorheic basin in the country. [1]
Bodies of water of El Salvador (2 C, 2 P) D. ... Pages in category "Water in El Salvador" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
It includes bodies of water that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. ... Bodies of water of El Salvador (2 C, 2 P) G.