Lake Cuitzeo

Lake Cuitzeo spreads across a shallow enclosed basin in the highlands of Michoacán. Its waters are brackish and its shores supported communities that fished and made pottery long before the Spanish conquest. The town of Cuitzeo stands on a peninsula projecting into the lake, while Huandacareo lies near its western shore. The lake and surrounding wetlands form a broad contrast to the volcanic hills that rise around the basin.