Lagoa da Lomba (Flores)

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Lagoa da Lomba
Lagoa da Lomba, ilha das Flores, Açores.JPG
Geographical location Lajes das Flores County , Flores , Azores , Portugal
Data
Coordinates 39 ° 25 '30 "  N , 31 ° 11' 20"  W Coordinates: 39 ° 25 '30 "  N , 31 ° 11' 20"  W.
Lagoa da Lomba (Flores) (Azores)
Lagoa da Lomba (Flores)
surface 3.5 ha
length 185 m
width 160 m
Maximum depth 15 m
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Lagoa da Lomba ( Portuguese for "lake on the hill", also Caldeira Lomba ) is a 3.5 hectare, 15 m deep crater lake in the east of the central mountainous region of the Portuguese Azores island of Flores . It is located in the Lajes das Flores district below the Pico do Touro .

The lakeshore is surrounded by small groups of trees, willows and hydrangeas . The eutrophic lake itself is almost overgrown. The many aquatic plants do not allow swimming in it.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The plateau. azoren-online.com, accessed March 7, 2012 .
  2. João Porteiro, Helena Calado, Margarida Pereira, José Eduardo Ventura, Luz Paramio: Planeamento biofísico e gestão de ecossistemas lacustres: as lagoas deo Açores (PDF; 565 kB). Project “Classificação das Lagoas dos Açores. Modelos de Gestão de Bacias Hidrográficas "POCTI / GEO / 42554/2001 - FCT (Portuguese)
  3. Michael Bussmann: Azores. 4th edition. Michael Müller Verlag, Erlangen 2010, ISBN 978-3-89953-576-1 , p. 480