Etang Saumâtre

Étang Saumâtre is the largest lake in Haiti and the second largest lake in the Dominican Republic and Hispaniola, after Lake Enriquillo. It is also known as Lake Azuéi; its Taíno name was Yainagua.Unlike its hypersaline neighbor, Étang Saumâtre is a brackish water lake; it lies 22 kilometres east of Port-au-Prince on the fertile Plaine du Cul-de-Sac. The lake supports over 100 species of waterfowl, American flamingos, American crocodiles, and several other fauna found nowhere else in Haiti. The color of the lake is an intense shade of blue, and it is skirted by brush and cacti.