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Which river drains Lake Nicaragua into the Caribbean Sea?
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The San Juan River is the outlet that drains Lake Nicaragua into the Caribbean Sea. Issuing from the lake's southeastern end at the city of San Carlos, the river flows through tropical forests along the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica before emptying into the sea at the port of San Juan del Norte.12