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'''Lake Nicaragua''' or ''' Cocibolca''' or '''Granada''' ({{lang-es|Lago de Nicaragua}}, ''Lago Cocibolca, Mar Dulce, Gran Lago, Gran Lago Dulce,'' or ''Lago de Granada'') is a massive [[freshwater]] [[lake]] in [[Nicaragua]] of tectonic origin. With an area of [[1 E9 m²|8264]] [[square kilometre|km²]], it is the third largest lake in [[Latin America]], the 21st largest lake in the world and only slightly smaller than [[Lake Titicaca]]. With an elevation of 32 m (105 ft) above sea level, the lake reaches a depth of 26 m (84 ft). It is intermittently joined by the [[Tipitapa River]] to [[Lake Managua]].
Lake Nicaragua, despite being a freshwater lake, contains sharks, including the [[Bull Shark|Lake Nicaragua Shark]] (''Carcharhinus nicaraguensis''), which is fully adapted to freshwater life.<ref>Section from Capstick, Peter Hathaway, ''Lost Horizons'', in ''Shark: Stories of Life and Death from the World's Most Dangerous Waters'', p. 225. Ed. May, Nathaniel, Willis, Clint, Thunder's Mouth Press, New York, 2002.</ref> Due to this fact and the lake's small distance from the Pacific Ocean, scientists believe that the area which is now the lake used to be a giant bay. Over time, the gap closed and a lake was formed with the sharks still inside of it.
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