Lake Zirahuén
Lake Zirahuén is a small endorheic lake in the municipality of Santa Clara del Cobre in Michoacán, Mexico. It is a deep mountain lake with a sandy bottom that is partially covered with mud. It covers an area of 970 hectares (2,400 acres) and has a volume of 0.216 cubic kilometres (0.052 cu mi).
At times Lake Zirahuén has been part of an open and continuous hydrological system together with Lake Cuitzeo and Lake Pátzcuaro, draining into the Lerma River. Today it is a closed basin like Lakes Cuitzeo and Pátzcuaro, although ecologists consider it a sub-basin of the Lerma-Chapala basin.
The Zirahuén allotica (Allotoca meeki), a Goodeid fish, is endemic to Lake Zirahuén.
References
- ^ "Allotoca meeki, Zirahuen allotica (Alvarez, 1959)", Fishbase. Accessed November 15, 2009. [1] Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "62. PÁTZCUARO Y CUENCAS ENDORRÉICAS CERCANAS". Regiones hidrológicas prioritarias. Mexico: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Descripción de la cuenca", "Recuperación Ambiental del Lago de Pátzcuaro". Accessed October 18, 2009. [2] Archived 2009-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Allotoca meeki, Zirahuen allotica (Alvarez, 1959)", Fishbase. Accessed November 15, 2009. [3] Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
