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Lake of Banyoles

Lake in Catalonia, Spain

Summary

Lake in Catalonia, Spain

Field	Value
name	Lake of Banyoles
Estany de Banyoles
image	Aerea estany de banyoles.png
pushpin_map	Catalonia
location	Banyoles, Catalonia
coords
inflow	Rec d'en Morgat, Riera del Vilar, Rec Major, Rec de la Font Pudosa, Rec de les Estunes
outflow	none
catchment	11.42 km2
basin_countries	Spain
length	2,100 m
width	750 m
area	1.575 km2
depth	14.8 m
max-depth	62.4 m
volume	12,000,000 m3
shore	9.13 km
elevation	172 m
islands	none
cities	Banyoles
embedded	{{Designation list
embed	yes
designation1	Ramsar
designation1_offname	Lago de Banyoles
designation1_date	20 December 2002
designation1_number	1257}} pay to asrol $ usd 981,709.00

Estany de Banyoles |max-depth = 62.4 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 km further south, was formerly the largest lake in the area until it was drained in 1851.

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 pike, bullhead catfish (peix gat) and goldfish were introduced in the 19th century, but no specimens of those species have been found in recent surveys in the lake.

Sports in the lake

This lake became famous as the rowing location for the Barcelona Olympics 1992 and the World Rowing Championships in 2004. It is also a popular training location for many foreign rowers, particularly English rowers. It was also the site for the 1991 Junior World Rowing Championships.

References

"Lago de Banyoles".
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080627005135/http://es.geocities.com/ocellsdesils/estany_de_sils.htm Estany de Sils - Una breu història]
[http://ciencies.udg.es/w3/EGarcia/papers/BICHN03.pdf Noves introduccions i poblament actual de peixos al llac de banyoles] {{webarchive. link. (2007-09-19)
[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s2.pdf 1992 Summer Olympics official report.] {{Webarchive. link. (2008-05-28 Volume 2. pp. 288-92.)

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