Lagoa Rasa (Serra Devassa)
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| Geographical location | Ponta Delgada District , Sao Miguel , Azores , Portugal | |
| Places on the shore | no | |
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| Coordinates | 37 ° 49 '30 " N , 25 ° 45' 4" W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 780 m | |
| surface | 3 ha | |
| length | 275 m | |
| width | 150 m | |
Lagoa Rasa ( Portuguese 'shallow lake' ) is a lake in Portugal on the Azores island of São Miguel in the Ponta Delgada district . The mesotrophic lake is located in the Serra Devassa at about 780 m above sea level and is about 3 hectares in size. Since October 2005, part of its water has been taken as process water for farms in the area.
Just three kilometers away there is another lake in the Sete Cidades crater , also called Lagoa Rasa .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joao Porteiro, Helena Calado, Margarida Pereira, José Eduardo Ventura, Luz Paramio: PLANEAMENTO BIOFÍSICO E GESTÃO DE ECOSSISTEMAS LACUSTRES (PDF; 0.5 MB), Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, 2005, p. 14
- ↑ Governo dos Açores: Governo melhora abastecimento de água a 700 explorações agrícolas em Ponta Delgada , report of July 28, 2006, accessed on October 5, 2011