File:Coatepeque Lake.jpg
Coatepeque_Lake.jpg (213 × 160 pixels, file size: 6 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Captions
Summary[edit]
| Description |
English: One of the natural treasures of El Salvador is the Coatepeque Lake or “Hill of the Serpent" in the Nahuatl language. Located in the largest volcanic crater in the country identified as the American Tom Thumb. This caldera volcano exploded violently around 25 thousand years ago and covered the territory of the region with a layer of ashes. As a legacy of the fumes and ashes was the bed where the lake formed. The basin of the lake covers 40.6 square kilometers, with a maximum depth of 80 meters and is located 18 miles south of the city of Santa Ana. The site is distinguished by two small peninsulas called “The “Spectacles” because of its similarity in size, shape, and distance between them, and Hill Island. The lake has experienced reduced inflow due to recent low rainfall as a result of extreme deforestation. The drilling of deep wells in the banks of the lake, high levels of evaporation, wind, and the constant public removal of water are among the threats that hang over this natural wonder. A study conducted by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources in 2004 revealed that the flow into the lake had dropped by 12 meters and it has continued to drop significantly. Although technically, the area is state property, 80 percent of the shores of the lake is private. This includes all beaches and inlets. Coatepeque Lake’s fame includes many historical events: The location for the rowing competitions of the XIX Central American & Caribbean Games in 2002. Two years later, the lake made headlines when the remains of aviation entrepreneur and leader of the Air Taca, Federico Bloch, who was killed, under suspicious circumstances, on the road to Santa Tecla to Nuevo Cuscatlán, La Libertad were dispersed in its waters. Popular legend has it that, his family owns a beautiful mansion, located on the shores of the lake. That he went for a ride on a canoe around the island and was swept away to he goddess of fresh water domains by the undertow. This attracted him, transformed into a sea creature endowed with certain powers and since then, “the Tabudo,” as it is known, appears as a humble fisherman and he likes people, he transforms them into large goldfish or sirens.
Español: Una de las joyas naturales de El Salvador es el Lago de Coatepeque o Cerro de la Serpiente- según lengua nahuatl-, situado en el cráter volcánico más grande del país identificado como el pulgarcito centroamericano.
Este volcán de tipo caldera explotó violentamente alrededor hace 25 mil años y cubrió el territorio y parte de la región con una capa de cenizas. Como legado de esas emanaciones quedó el lecho donde creció el lago, cuya cuenca posee 40,6 kilómetros cuadrados, con una profundidad máxima de 80 metros y está situada a 18 kilómetros al sur de la ciudad de Santa Ana El lugar se distingue por dos pequeñas penínsulas denominadas Los Anteojos- debido a su similitud en tamaño, forma y distancia entre ellas- y, la Isla del Cerro, donde los La disminución de las lluvias por la deforestación; la apertura de pozos profundos en las riberas, los elevados niveles de evaporación y el viento, y la extracción constante de agua por encima de los niveles de ingreso, son algunas de las amenazas que se ciernen sobre esta maravilla natural. Un estudio realizado en el 2004 puso al descubierto que el caudal había perdido 12 metros de profundidad y todo parece indicar, sigue bajando considerablemente. De acuerdo con datos del Ministerio de Medioambiente y Recursos Naturales, aunque la zona es propiedad estatal, en teoría, el 80 por ciento de las riberas del lago son privadas, incluidas sus playas y entradas de agua. Coatepeque tuvo varios momentos de fama a lo largo de su historia: sobre sus aguas se celebraron las competencias de remo de los XIX Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, en 2002. Dos años después este también fue noticia, cuando ahí se depositaron los restos del empresario de aviación y líder del grupo aéreo Taca, Federico Bloch, asesinado en circunstancias no esclarecidas en la carretera de Santa Tecla a Nuevo Cuscatlán, departamento de La Libertad. Pero una leyenda popular se encargó de eternizar el lugar: cuentan que el dueño de una hermosa mansión, situada a orillas del lago, salió a dar un paseo en una canoa artesanal y cerca de la isla fue arrastrado por una corriente subterránea hasta los dominios de la diosa de agua dulce. Esta, atraída por él, lo transformó en un ser marino dotado de ciertos poderes y desde entonces, El Tabudo- como se le conoce- aparece como un humilde pescador y a las personas que le agradan las convierte en enormes peces de colores o en sirenas. |
| Date | |
| Source | Own work |
| Author | Tanmpy |
Licensing[edit]
|
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License. |
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 21:08, 7 June 2011 | | 213 × 160 (6 KB) | Tanmpy (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description ={{en|1=One of the natural treasures of El Salvador is the Coatepeque Lake or Hill of the Serpent "by the Nahuatl language," located in the largest volcanic crater in the country identified as American Tom Thumb. This calde |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
There are no pages that use this file.
File usage on other wikis
The following other wikis use this file:
- Usage on bn.wikipedia.org
- Usage on en.wikipedia.org
- Usage on hy.wikipedia.org
- Usage on nl.wikipedia.org
