List of lakes in the Azores

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This page lists some of the lakes in the Azores . The Azores are an archipelago in the Atlantic that politically belongs to Portugal .

Corvo

There is a lake on Corvo that has an area of ​​0.25 km² (25 ha) and a volume of 156,000 m³.

Faial

There is a lake on Faial.

Flores

There are 8 lakes on Flores with a total area of ​​0.72 km² (72 ha) and a total volume of 10,655,000 m³.

Graciosa

There are 3 lakes on Graciosa, one of which is underground.

Pico

There are 46 lakes on Pico, of which the 28 larger have a total area of ​​0.16 km² (16 hectares) and a total volume of 232,000 m³.

Santa Maria

There are no lakes on Santa Maria.

São Jorge

There are 12 lakes on São Jorge.

São Miguel

There are 33 lakes on São Miguel with a total area of ​​8.34 km² and a total volume of 78,929,000 m³.

Terceira

There are 18 lakes on Terceira with a total area of ​​0.06 km² (6 ha) and a total volume of 25,000 m³.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e João Porteiro, Helena Calado, Margarida Pereira, José Eduardo Ventura, Luz Paramio: Planeamento biofísico e gestão de ecossistemas lacustres: as lagoas deo Açores. Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada> 2005, p. 5 (PDF; 565 kB)
  2. a b c d e Turinta: Açores - mapas 1: 50,000. 7th edition. Alcabideche Cascais, no year, around 2010.