- Lac de Guiers
Infobox lake
lake_name = Lac de Guiers
image_lake =
caption_lake =
image_bathymetry =
caption_bathymetry =
location =
coords = coord|16|15|N|15|50|W|type:waterbody_region:SN|display=inline,title
type =
inflow =
outflow =
catchment =
basin_countries = Senegal
length = 35 km
width = 8 km
area =
depth =
max-depth =
volume =
residence_time =
shore =
elevation =
islands =
cities = The Lac de Guiers is in northernSenegal , south of the city ofRichard-Toll . It is a chief source of fresh water for the city ofDakar , hundreds of kilometers to the southeast, through underground pipes.It is about 35 kilometers long and 8 kilometers wide, and is supplied by the
Bounoum River that flows north into its southern end, fromFouta . Water used to flow out to theSenegal River north through the Portuguese River, but this has been replaced by a straight canal to Richard-Toll. The shores are mostly fertile. The north shore and surrounding area have been converted to a large sugar-growing region irrigated with water from this lake.The lake has a complicated history involving the kingdoms of
Tekrur andWaalo and the Empire ofJolof (Diolof) . Notably, the settlement ofNder , the third and final capital of the former Kingdom ofWaalo , was located on the west shores of the Lake. The royal compound or "keur " is still there. Previously Lac de Guiers was called Lac du Panier Foule or Pania Fuli, referring to thePeulh people.
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.