Nicaragua - Land of Great lakes and Volcano. Volcanic lake anyone ?
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Laguna beach Club located in Laguna de Apoyo. One of the few Nicaragua hidden gems as is a massive volcano crater. A nice way to cool down and enjoy this aweseme wonder. Laguna de Apoyo Nature Reserve (Spanish: Reserva Natural Laguna de Apoyo) is a nature reserve located between the departments of Masaya and Granada in Nicaragua. Lake Apoyo was declared a nature reserve in 1991 and is managed by the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA) and comprises one of 78 protected areas of Nicaragua.Geological data suggests that Lake Apoyo originated about 23,000 years ago The Apoyo Lagoon Natural Reserve protects a volcanic lake, Laguna de Apoyo, and its drainage basin. Laguna de Apoyo is an endorheic lake occupying the caldera of an extinct volcano. The lake is approximately round with the diameter of 6.6 km. It is 175 m deep and occupies an area of 19.44 km. The lake's drainage basin occupies 38 km; influx and outflow of underground water plays a major role in the lake's water balance. According to Nicaraguan hydrologists, the lake's level dropped 10 m in some 30 years between 2002 and the mid-2000s