Location Banyoles,
Catalonia
Coordinates 42°07′31″N
2°45′19″ECoordinates: 42°07′31″N 2°45′19″E
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 12,000,000
m³
Shore length1 9.13
km
Surface elevation 172
m
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 metres. 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.
Flora and fauna[edit]
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
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