Retba lake

Retba lake
Geographical location	Senegal
Places on the shore	Niaga Peul
	Data
Coordinates	14 ° 50 ′ 19 ″ N , 17 ° 13 ′ 50 ″ W Coordinates: 14 ° 50 ′ 19 ″ N , 17 ° 13 ′ 50 ″ W
surface	3 km²
length	4.2 km
width	1 km
Maximum depth	3 m
particularities	very salty, pink color

Lac Retba , also called Lac Rose , is a salt lake in Senegal . It is 35 km northeast of the capital Dakar and less than a kilometer inland from the Atlantic coast.

Lac Rose got its name because of its unique pink color, which is caused by the halophilic algae of the species Dunaliella salina ( Volvocales ), especially in the dry season (November to June). The algae produce a red pigment ( β-carotene ) that supports the absorption of sunlight in order to generate more of the energy source ATP . According to other sources, the color is caused by unspecified cyanobacteria .

The lake is very salty at 380 g / liter, so that you can swim on the water like in the Dead Sea . Its surface has decreased from 4 km² in 1990 to 3 km² in 2005. It is around 1 km from the sea and separated from it by dunes .

The lake was the final destination of the Dakar Rally , the show stage led from the city along the beach and ended with the podium at the lake. Nearby is the town of Sangalkam .

Web links

Commons : Lac Rose - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Le Lac Rose. UNESCO , accessed December 4, 2014 .
↑ 22 Epic Places You Didn't Know Existed . In: HuffPost , October 26, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
↑ Lake Retba - the algae of the genus Dunaliella are incorrectly referred to here as bacteria.
↑ Lake Retba In Senegal Looks Like A Giant Strawberry Milkshake . In: HuffPost . June 5, 2012. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
↑ Wuri Handayani, Tasya Paramitha: Danau Pink, Sensasi Wisata Apung di Senegal ( Indonesian ) In: VIVAnews . Archived from the original on August 14, 2012. Retrieved on February 11, 2020.
↑ ^a ^b Papa Sow: Uncertainties and conflicting environmental adaptation strategies in the region of the Pink Lake, Senegal . Center for Development Research , University of Bonn , August 2012, ISSN 1864-6638 ( online [PDF; 1,3 MB ; accessed on February 11, 2020]).

↑ Papa Sow, Elina Marmer: Salt and trade on Lac Rose . In: Commons - For a new policy beyond market and state . transcript Verlag , 2012, ISBN 978-3-8376-2036-8 ( online ).

[1] Le Lac Rose. UNESCO , accessed December 4, 2014 .

[2] 22 Epic Places You Didn't Know Existed . In: HuffPost , October 26, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2020.

[3] Lake Retba - the algae of the genus Dunaliella are incorrectly referred to here as bacteria.

[huffingtonpost1-4] Lake Retba In Senegal Looks Like A Giant Strawberry Milkshake . In: HuffPost . June 5, 2012. Retrieved February 11, 2020.

[viva-5] Wuri Handayani, Tasya Paramitha: Danau Pink, Sensasi Wisata Apung di Senegal ( Indonesian ) In: VIVAnews . Archived from the original on August 14, 2012. Retrieved on February 11, 2020.

[Sow-6] Papa Sow: Uncertainties and conflicting environmental adaptation strategies in the region of the Pink Lake, Senegal . Center for Development Research , University of Bonn , August 2012, ISSN 1864-6638 ( online [PDF; 1,3 MB ; accessed on February 11, 2020]).

[Sow/Marmer-7] Papa Sow, Elina Marmer: Salt and trade on Lac Rose . In: Commons - For a new policy beyond market and state . transcript Verlag , 2012, ISBN 978-3-8376-2036-8 ( online ).