Is Laguna Bacalar a fresh or salt -water body of water?
Laguna Bacalar (known as the Lake of Seven Colurs) is the second largest lake in Mexico after Lake Chapala. It is 55 km in length, stretching from Pedro Santos in the north to past the town of Bacalar going south. Eventually the lake through its tributary status flows into the Rio Hondo, which empties in the Bay of Chetumal (Carribean Sea). The lake is cenote or underground fed as opposed to “above ground” river fed. Hundreds of underground springs keep the lake fresh and the water “sweet”…..closer to the sea evidence of salination occurs.
