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{{Short description|Lake in the Philippines}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=March 2023}}
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{{Infobox body of water
| name                    = Lake Mainit
| image                   = Lake Mainit Surigao del Norte sunset.JPG
| caption                 = Lake Mainit looking south from the northern shore
| image_bathymetry        =
| caption_bathymetry      =
| location                = [[Mindanao]]
 | pushpin_map            = Philippines
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 | pushpin_map_alt        =
 | pushpin_map_caption    = Location within the Philippines
| coordinates             = {{coord|9|25|57|N|125|31|22|E|region:PH|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint          =
 | type                    = [[Oligotroph]]ic Freshwater lake
| inflow                  = 28 creeks and rivers
| outflow                 = Calinawan River
| catchment               = {{Convert|870.72|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| basin_countries         = Philippines
| length                  = {{Convert|29.1|km|mi||abbr=on}}
| width                   =
| area                    = {{Convert|173.4|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| depth                   = {{Convert|128|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| max-depth               = {{Convert|223|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| volume                  = {{Convert|22.2|km3|cumi|abbr=on}}
| residence_time          =
| shore                   = {{Convert|62.1|km|mi||abbr=on}}
| elevation               = {{Convert|42|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| frozen                  =
| islands                 =
| cities                  =  {{hlist |item_style=white-space:nowrap; | [[Alegria, Surigao del Norte|Alegria]] | [[Jabonga, Agusan del Norte|Jabonga]] | [[Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte|Kitcharao]] | [[Mainit, Surigao del Norte|Mainit]]}}
| reference               = <ref name="index">{{cite web|url=http://www.indexmundi.com/zl/rp/80.htm|title=Philippine Lakes - Lake Look to Lake Pandin|accessdate=October 17, 2008}}</ref><ref name="lmda"/>
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'''Lake Mainit''' is the [[List of lakes in the Philippines|fourth largest lake]] in the [[Philippines]], having a [[surface area]] of {{convert|173.40|km2}}.<ref name="lmda">{{cite web|url=http://lmda.wordpress.com/category/physical-feature-of-lake|title=Physical Features of Lake Mainit|date=February 8, 2008|publisher=Lake Mainit Development Alliance (LMDA)|accessdate=October 17, 2008}}</ref><ref name="arcbc">{{cite web|url=http://www.arcbc.org.ph/wetlands/philippines/phl_lakmai.html|title=Lake Mainit|publisher=ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation (ARCBC)|accessdate=October 17, 2008}}</ref><ref name="brit">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/358722/Lake-Mainit|title=Lake Mainit|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate=October 17, 2008}}</ref> The lake is also the deepest lake in the country with maximum depth reaching {{convert|223|m}}.<ref name="lmda"/><ref name="bimpeaga">{{cite web|url=http://www.eaga.org.bn/eaga/forestry/Philippines/Lake%20Mainit/lake%20Mainit.htm|title=Lake Mainit|publisher=[[BIMP-EAGA]]|accessdate=October 17, 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030103814/http://www.eaga.org.bn/eaga/forestry/Philippines/Lake%20Mainit/lake%20Mainit.htm|archivedate=October 30, 2008}}</ref>  It is located in the northeastern section of [[Mindanao]] and shared between the provinces of [[Surigao del Norte]] and [[Agusan del Norte]].

==Etymology==
The name of the lake is a [[Visayan language|Visayan]] word ''mainit'', which means "hot".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lmda.wordpress.com/category/how-mainit-got-its-name|title=How Mainit got its name?}}</ref>{{better source|date=October 2016}}
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==Flora and fauna==
===Plants===
* Fire orchid (''[[Vanda hookeriana]]'')
* Narra tree (''[[Pterocarpus indicus]]'')
* Molave tree (''[[Vitex parviflora]]'')
* [[Rosewood|Philippine rosewood]] or "toog"
* [[Kamagong]] 
* Mancono
* Malabayabas (''[[Eucalyptus]] spp.'')
* Indian lotus (''[[Nelumbo nucifera]]'')

===Animals===
* Animals
# [[Mindanao scops owl]]
# Mindanao [[savanna nightjar]]
# Mindanao [[Himalayan swiftlet]]
# [[List of birds of the Philippines#Kingfishers|Mindanao forest kingfisher]]
# [[White-breasted sea eagle]] (''Haliaeetus leucogaster'')
# [[Monkeys]]
# [[Sus (genus)|Wild pigs]]

* Fish
# "Casili" ([[Anguillidae|Anguilla spp.]])
# Mudfish, "hayuan" or "halwan" (''[[Channa striata]]'')
# Gurami (''[[Gourami|Gourami belontiidae]]'')
# "Bolinao" (''Neostethus thessa'')
# Common carp (''[[Common carp|Cyprinus carpio]]'')
# "Tilapia" (''[[Oreochromis niloticus]]'')

==Geography==
===Municipalities bordering the lake===
* [[Mainit, Surigao del Norte|Mainit]], [[Surigao del Norte]]
* [[Alegria, Surigao del Norte|Alegria]], [[Surigao del Norte]]
* [[Jabonga, Agusan del Norte|Jabonga]], [[Agusan del Norte]]
* [[Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte|Kitcharao]], [[Agusan del Norte]]

===Municipalities within Lake Mainit's watershed===
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* [[Alegria, Surigao del Norte|Alegria]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alegriasurigao.wordpress.com|title=Municipality of Alegria|website=Municipality of Alegria}}</ref> [[Surigao del Norte]],
* [[Sison, Surigao del Norte|Sison]], [[Surigao del Norte]]
* [[Tubod, Surigao del Norte|Tubod]], [[Surigao del Norte]]
* [[Mainit, Surigao del Norte|Mainit]], [[Surigao del Norte]]
* [[Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte|Kitcharao]], [[Agusan del Norte]]
* [[Jabonga, Agusan del Norte|Jabonga]], [[Agusan del Norte]]
* [[Santiago, Agusan del Norte|Santiago]], [[Agusan del Norte]]
* [[Tubay, Agusan del Norte|Tubay]], [[Agusan del Norte]]
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* ''A Directory of Philippine Wetlands. Vol I'', compiled by Davies, J. et al. (Asian Wetland Bureau Philippines Foundation, Inc, 1991)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040917163303/http://web.kssp.upd.edu.ph/psy/mainit/ecosystem.html Webpage on Lake Minit] (cited part available online)

==External links==
*{{OSM relation|3642222}}
* [https://mainitlake.blogspot.com/ Lake Mainit Updates]
* [http://lmda.wordpress.com/ Lake Mainit Development Alliance]
* [https://lmda.blogspot.com/ LMDA Updates]

{{Lakes of the Philippines}}

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[[Category:Lakes of the Philippines|Mainit]]


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