| Lake Zirahuén | |
| Location: | Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Coordinates: | 19.45°N -145°W |
| Type: | endorheic lake |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico Michoacán#Mexico |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of the lake in Mexico. |
Lake Zirahuén is a small endorheic lake in the municipality of Santa Clara del Cobre in Michoacán, Mexico. It is a deep mountain lake with a sandy bottom that is partially covered with mud.[1] It covers an area of and has a volume of .[2]
At times Lake Zirahuén has been part of an open and continuous hydrological system together with Lake Cuitzeo and Lake Pátzcuaro, draining into the Lerma River. Today it is a closed basin like Lakes Cuitzeo and Pátzcuaro, although ecologists consider it a sub-basin of the Lerma-Chapala basin.[3]
The Zirahuén allotica (Allotoca meeki), a Goodeid fish, is endemic to Lake Zirahuén.[4]