Ọdọ Mmiri Chapala

 

Lake Chapala from space, 1994

Ọ gbara ma steeti Jalisco na Michoacán, dị n'ime obodo Ocotlán, Chapala, Jocotepec, Poncitlán na Jamay, na Jalisco, yana na Venustiano Carranza na Cojumatlán de Régules, na Michoacán.

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Ọ bụ osimiri Río Lerma, Río Zula, Río Huaracha na Río Duero na-enye ya nri, na Rio Grande de Santiago na-asọpu ya. Mgbe ahụ, mmiri ahụ na-agakarị n'ebe ugwu ọdịda anyanwụ banye n'Oké Osimiri Pasifik. Ọ dịghị mmiri esila n'ọdọ mmiri ahụ pụta n'ime ihe karịrị afọ 30 n'ihi ọdịda nke mmiri na-abata na osimiri Lerma.

The city of Guadalajara has relied on Lake Chapala as a principal source of water since the 1950s. Shortly after, a few consecutive years of poor rainfall dramatically decreased the water level of the lake. The level rebounded until 1979, when Lake Chapala's water level began rapidly decreasing due to increases in urban water consumption.

By 2007 and 2008, the level of Lake Chapala had increased drastically, though the levels have yet to surpass the level in 1979, when the levels began a precipitous decline. Although it is still subject to agricultural, domestic, and industrial sources of contamination, the actual levels of hazardous materials has not been officially assessed with regularity.

The lake is a critical habitat for several species of migratory birds, such as the American white pelican, and home to thousands of indigenous plants and animals. The Audubonistas de Laguna de Chapala holds an annual Audubon Society sponsored Christmas Bird Count. In 2006, some 117 species were identified and, in 2007, the count was 125. By January 2011, some 173 species were recorded.