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Lake Piso
Lake Piso, also known as Lake Pisu〔Walters, ''Guanya Pau'', p. 79.〕 and Fisherman's Lake,〔Cole, ''The Liberian Yearbook'', p. 192.〕〔Nelson, ''Liberia, a Country Study'', p. 47.〕 is an oblong〔Streissguth, ''Liberia in Pictures'', p. 10.〕 tidal lagoon〔Fox, ''Butterflies of Liberia'', p. 26.〕〔Hughes et al., ''Directory of African Wetlands'', p. 387.〕 in Grand Cape Mount County in western Liberia, near the town of Robertsport. At an area of ,〔 it is the largest lake in Liberia.〔〔Streissguth, ''Liberia in Pictures'', p. 72.〕 Its name originates from a local term meaning "pigeon's hole" – a reference to the flocks of pigeons that once came to Lake Piso for water.〔
==Hydrology and geology==
The brackish water lake borders the Cape Mount peninsula, and is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by a narrow inlet〔 known locally as the "bar mouth".〔Walters, ''Guanya Pau'', p. 39.〕 Various rivers empty into Lake Piso, including Mole Creek and Mafa River, which discharges at the 'bar mouth'.〔〔 There are a number of islands in the lake, including Massatin Island, which offered a haven for moneys and birds species, it also serve as temporary refuge for some Liberians during the Liberian Civil War.〔
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