About Lake Chapala
Lake Chapala is located at an altitude of 1,525 meters (5,000 feet) in the southeastern part of the Sierra Madre, and is the largest lake in Mexico.
Lake Chapala is part of the Lerma-Santiago River, from which water flows to the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It is the largest source of water for the nearby city of Guadalajara and its five million inhabitants. The lake is also a critical habitat for many species of migratory, rare and endemic (found nowhere else) waterfowl, such as the white pelican, and home to thousands of plants and animals, as well as other endemic fish species.
As in other parts of the world, growing world demand and inefficient use of water has added tension in the system of rivers, lakes, canals and wetlands. Fortunately, the cycle of climate change in direction in the last five years producing above average rainfall, both in the immediate area and upstream. The result has been a resurgence of the lake to levels not seen since the 1960s.
photo credit: ChristianFierro
About This Website
This website was created to serve the community of Lake Chapala, and those seeking information about retiring in/and around Lake Chapala.
Community Publisher
LakeChapala.net is published by David Krug who has been in web development and publishing for over 10 years. He has lived all throughout Mexico.
For more information about this project please contact us.
