Lake Apanás

reservoir, Nicaragua
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Also known as: Apanás Reservoir, Lago de Apanás, Laguna de Apanás
Spanish:
Lago De Apanás

Lake Apanás, reservoir in northern Nicaragua. Formed by damming the Tuma River just north of Jinotega city, Lake Apanás has an area of 20 square miles (51 square km). It supplies the Asturias hydroelectric station, the largest in the country and the focus of a power grid serving much of the more densely settled Pacific zone of Nicaragua.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Maren Goldberg.