Deepest lakes & reservoirs in El Salvador by maximum depth (ft)
The estimated greatest depth of the water in a lake can be measured at the lake’s normal elevation. If the water volume and surface area of a lake are known, an estimate of the lake’s average depth can be calculated:Water volume ÷ Surface Area = Average Depth
Example: 1,000,000 acre-feet ÷ 20,000 acres = 50 feet average depth.
You can find many of the the world’s deepest lakes on LakeLubbers. If you sort the list, you will find the (maximum depth of) the shallowest lakes in our database. Note: For some lakes, lake depth data is unknown, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 3 articles we have published for El Salvador lakes.
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Below are lakes within El Salvador > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in El Salvador, only the 3 El Salvador lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name | Max depth in feet | Lake description |
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Lago de Ilopango (El Salvador) |
750 ft | Also known as Ilopanga Lake With nearly 18,000 acres of shimmering water, Lago de Ilopango is one of El Salvador’s best-kept secrets. Created 15 centuries ago when the caldera of … |
Lake Coatepeque (El Salvador) |
394 ft | Also known as Coatepeque Lake, Laguna de Coatepeque, Lago de Coatepeque Considered one of the world’s most beautiful lakes, Lake Coatepeque is found in a caldera among a chain of volcanic peaks in northwest El Salvador. Su … |