Lake Valencia

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Lake Valencia
Lake Valencia, Venezuela.jpg
Lake Valencia (aerial view)
Geographical location Carabobo , Northern Venezuela
Tributaries Cabriales
Drain none
Islands El Burro, Caigüire, Culebra
Places on the shore Maracay
Data
Coordinates 10 ° 11 ′  N , 67 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 10 ° 11 ′  N , 67 ° 44 ′  W
Lake Valencia (Carabobo)
Lake Valencia
Altitude above sea level 410  m
surface 375 km²
length 31.9 km
width 18.7 km
volume 6.75 km³
Maximum depth 39 m
Middle deep 18 m
Catchment area 2646 km²

particularities

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Lake Valencia (formerly also called Tacarigua Lake ; Spanish: Lago de Valencia ) is a lake in northern Venezuela . It is located in a basin of the coastal cordillera , an extension of the Cordillera de Mérida . With a surface of 375 km² it is the largest freshwater lake in the country. Numerous rivers flow into the lake, especially the Rio Aragua.

The depth of Lake Valencia is on average 20 and a maximum of 40 meters. The water level is 405  m . It was only about 250 years ago that the water level fell below the level of the natural runoff, which is 427 m above sea level. The water area decreased by 40% between 1750 and 1975, because the lake received only small inflows, but at the same time a lot of water evaporated or was taken to irrigate the surrounding agricultural areas. Since around 1980, the lake's water level has been rising again, caused by the discharge of sewage into the lake and its tributaries, which are now without any outflow.

The shores of Lake Valencia are fertile; on them will include cotton , sugar cane , tobacco , corn , coffee and fruit grown. To the west of the lake are the city of Valencia and the state of Carabobo , to the east of the lake are Maracay and the state of Aragua . To the north of the lake there is a coastal mountain range, south of the lake flatlands, the Llanos . Before the Conquista, Lake Valencia was an important center of Indian culture.

Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) spent some time in the area around the lake and carried out many investigations there. The French naturalist Eugène Simon (1848–1924) also visited Venezuela on his excursion from 1887 to 1888, a. a. the lake of Valencia.

Islands:

  • El Burro
  • Caigüire
  • Culebra

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b Valenciasee , in: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie , 19th edition, 1986-94, Vol. 23, p. 37.
  2. ↑ Valencia , on Encyclopædia Britannica online.