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 Yuriria
is a term that derives from the purépecha word "Yuririapúndaro" that
means “lake of blood”. Fray Diego de Chávez y Alvarado constructed the
artificial lagoon of Yuriria in 1552, for regulate the
avenues of the Lerma river. The mentioned friar made construct a
channel to turn aside waters of the river towards the glass, and an edge to contain them; this edge was denominated Taramatacheo.
The
lagoon of Yuriria is located in the municipality of the same name,
and it is located at 1750 ms of altitude; it has a surface of 97 km
2 with an average depth of 2,60 ms and capacity of 225 million m 3.
The
area is located in the subprovince of the High and Low Michoacanos,
which is part of the Neovolcanic Axis ; this province
extends in the half south of the state of Guanajuato and includes part of
the states of Jalisco, Michoacán, Querétaro, Hidalgo and Puebla.
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