FTP identify this only freshwater lake with sharks, the largest in Central America, which shares its name with a country that counts Managua as its capital.
The Tistian isthmus connects the volcanoes Concepcion and Madera which lie on Ometepe, the largest island in this body of water. Originally called "sweet sea" or "Mar Dulce (Dool-sey)" by the Spanish, its current name is derived from an Indian chief whose people lived on its shores. Linked to another large lake by the Tipitapa river, the San Juan drains out of it and forms a boundary with Costa Rica. FTP identify this only freshwater lake with sharks, the largest in Central America, which shares its name with a country that counts Managua as its capital.
The Tistian isthmus connects the volcanoes Concepcion and Madera which lie on Ometepe, the largest island in this body of water.
lake Nicaragua