Étang Saumâtre

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Étang Saumâtre is a large hypersaline lake in eastern Haiti, near the border with the Dominican Republic, known as the country’s largest lake and an important habitat for birds and crocodiles.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Etang Saumatre 2
Étang Saumâtre canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lake ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lac Azuéi ⓘ
linked to: Lago Azuéi

Lago Azuéi ⓘ
Lago del Fondo ⓘ
linked to: Lago Azuéi

Lake Azuéi ⓘ
linked to: Lago Azuéi
basinCountry Dominican Republic ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ
borderFeatureFor Haiti–Dominican Republic border region ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
country Haiti ⓘ
distanceFromPort-au-Prince about 40 kilometres ⓘ
elevation approximately 15 metres above sea level ⓘ
faunaIncludes American flamingo ⓘ
egrets ⓘ
fish adapted to high salinity ⓘ
herons ⓘ
shorebirds ⓘ
hasInflow seasonal streams ⓘ
hasOutflow none ⓘ
hydrologicalType closed basin ⓘ
importantHabitatFor American crocodile ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
waterbirds ⓘ
isLargestLakeOf Haiti ⓘ
isSecondLargestLakeOf Hispaniola ⓘ
length approximately 22 kilometres ⓘ
locatedEastOf Port-au-Prince ⓘ
locatedIn Ouest Department ⓘ
eastern Haiti ⓘ
locatedNear border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic ⓘ
locatedOn Hispaniola ⓘ
nearSettlement Fond Parisien ⓘ
Ganthier ⓘ
Jimaní ⓘ
linked to: Jimani
partOf Cul-de-Sac–Enriquillo Graben ⓘ
linked to: Enriquillo Valley
region Cul-de-Sac plain ⓘ
salinity hypersaline ⓘ
surfaceArea approximately 170 square kilometres ⓘ
threatenedBy deforestation in the watershed ⓘ
overgrazing ⓘ
water level fluctuations ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
livestock watering ⓘ
local transport by boat ⓘ
salt extraction (locally) ⓘ
waterType alkaline ⓘ
width approximately 12 kilometres ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Azuei → alsoKnownAs → Étang Saumâtre ⓘ
Lake Azuei → alsoKnownAs → Etang Saumatre ⓘ
linked to: Étang Saumâtre
Lago Azuéi → alsoKnownAs → Étang Saumâtre ⓘ
Lago Azuéi → alsoKnownAs → Etang Saumatre ⓘ
linked to: Étang Saumâtre