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Laguna
Bismuna GROUND WATER RESOURCES
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Ri water levels are subject to seasonal fluctuations.
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FRESH WATER SCARCE OR LACKING
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Unsuitable to small quantities of fresh water are available from
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Nueva Rio 3
Rio C
Jinotega Cretaceous to Tertiary thin to massive bedded sandstone,
B
Segovia
Caribbean Lowlands
limestone, shale, conglomerate, and breccia; tuffaceous in part.
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Locally, coquina, pyroclastics, and diabase are present. Depths
Ocotal
i Region Autonomista Laguna de
na
iWiwili Wounta generally range between 20 and 200 meters, but may be up to
Atlantico Norte 600 meters in the west.
Madriz
i
Somoto 4 Meager to moderate quantities of fresh water are available from
Rio Tertiary to Quaternary age andesite, basalt, ignimbrite, tuff, and
Prinzapolka volcanic ash interbedded with sandstone, siltstone, and limestone
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i at depths ranging from 15 to 150 meters; very large quantities
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locally available. Unsuitable to small quantities of fresh water also
available from unconsolidated coarse gravels and lateritic soils
Esteli Laguna de overlying bedrock at depths generally less than 6 meters.
Apanas
a
Golfo Esteli alp
Jinotega Tuma i Unsuitable to meager quantities of fresh water seasonally
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Rio Gran La Cruz de
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Fonseco
Caribbean available from Paleozoic age granite, diorite, granodiorite, phyllite,
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schist, slate, marble, and quartzite at depths ranging from 20 to
13 Negro
Rio
Matagalpa
Estero
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Matagalpa i
Rio Bianco Sea 200 meters.
Real Ma Matiguas Note: Map unit numbers refer to entries in table C-2.
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Leon Muy
Enormous = >100 liters per second (L/s) (1,600 gallons per minute
Region Autonomista
Pa
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Boaco Laguna
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ds Very small = >1 to 4 L/s (16 to 64 gal/min)
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QUALITATIVE TERMS:
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Distrito Fresh water = maximum total dissolved solids (TDS) < 1,000
l
Nacional Rama milligrams per liter (mg/L); maximum chlorides
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Juigalpai Chontales Rio
Brackish water = maximum TDS >1,000 mg/L but <15,000 mg/L
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Managua Masaya Saline water = TDS >15,000 mg/L
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Masaya
Bluefield
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Lovago
a Bahia de HARDNESS TERMS:
Ram
Isla El
iGranada Rio
Bluefields
Venado Soft = 0 to 60 mg/L CaCO3
Jinotepe Moderately hard = 61 to 120 mg/L CaCO3
i Granada Hard = 121 to 180 mg/L CaCO3
Pa
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Colonia
NICARAGUA
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a CONVERSION CHART:
Rio Punta Gord
To Convert Multiply By To Obtain
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Isla de
International boundary Rivas
Ometepe liters per second 15.84 gallons per minute
i liters per second 60 liters per minute
gallons per minute 0.063 liters per second
Department boundary o Tule
Ri gallons per minute 3.78 liters per minute
Rivas
Capital Rio
San Juan del Suri Archipielago San Juan
Solentiname
i Populated places
San Carlos
i Rio
Note: Features have been obtained from various sources of
i Departmental capital Indio differing scales. Alignment and geospatial accuracy are
11 approximate.
San Juan
Rio
del Norte
San
Ju
an
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Scale 1:1,500,000
0 10 20 30 40 50 Kilometers Costa Rica
0 10 20 30 40 50 Nautical Miles
0 10 20 30 40 50 Statute Miles
granodiorita, filita, esquisto, pizarra, mármol y cuarcita = máximo cloruros <600 mg/L
= máximo sulfatos < 300 mg/L Nota: Rasgos han sido obtenidos de varias fuentes de diferentes escalas. Alineaciones y
de la era paleozoica a profundidades entre 20 y 200
l
Agua Salobre = máximo TSD>1,000 mg/L, pero < 15,000 mg/L exactitud geoespacial son approximate.
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