Lake of Banyoles

Lake of Banyoles
Lake of Banyoles
Estany de Banyoles
Location Banyoles, Catalonia
Coordinates 42°07′31″N 2°45′19″E / 42.12528°N 2.75528°E / 42.12528; 2.75528Coordinates: 42°07′31″N 2°45′19″E / 42.12528°N 2.75528°E / 42.12528; 2.75528
Primary inflows Rec d'en Morgat, Riera del Vilar, Rec Majo, Rec de la Font Pudusa, Rec de les Ustunes
Primary outflows none
Catchment area 11.42 km²
Basin countries Spain
Max. length 2,100 m
Max. width 750 m
Surface area 1.12 km²
Average depth 14.8 m
Max. depth 62.4 m
Water volume 00,120,000 m³
Shore length1 9.13 km
Surface elevation 172 m
Islands none
Settlements Banyoles
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake of Banyoles (or Estany de Banyoles) is a natural lake located in the comarca "Pla de l'Estany", Province of Girona, in northeastern Catalonia, Spain. It is named after the nearby town of Banyoles, to which it belongs entirely. On the western shore it borders with the town of Porqueres. The lake is approximately 2,100 m by 750 m with an average depth of 15 m that in several points gets down to 46.4 Meters. It is located in a natural tectonic depression.

Presently Lake Banyoles is the largest natural lake in Catalonia. Lake Sils, located 33 kn further south, was formerly the largest lake in the area until it was drained in 1851.[1]

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Flora and fauna

There are both native and introduced fish species in the lake, like carp, gardí, bavosa de riu, sunfish, tench, black bass and eel. It is known that other fishes like the pike, the peix gat and the goldfish were introduced in the 19th century, but no specimens of those species have been found in recent surveys in the lake.[2]

Sports in the lake

This lake became famous as the rowing location for the Barcelona Olympics 1992[3] and the World Rowing Championships in 2004. It is also a popular training location for many foreign rowers, particularly English rowers.

A panorama of Lake Banyoles and Club Natació Banyoles
A panorama of Lake Banyoles

References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Catalan Wikipedia.

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