Red Lake (Romania)

"Killer Lake" redirects here. For the lake in Ontario, see Killer Lake (Ontario).
For Lacu Roșu village in Harghita County, see Gheorgheni.
Lacul Roșu
Location Eastern Carpathians
Coordinates 46°47′22″N 25°47′13″E / 46.78931°N 25.7869°E / 46.78931; 25.7869Coordinates: 46°47′22″N 25°47′13″E / 46.78931°N 25.7869°E / 46.78931; 25.7869
Basin countries Romania
Max. length 8 kilometres (5.0 mi)
Max. width 300 metres (980 ft)
Surface area 11.47 hectares (28.3 acres)
Average depth 9,7 m
Max. depth 12.5 metres (41 ft)
Water volume 587,500 cubic metres (20,750,000 cu ft)
Surface elevation 983 metres (3,225 ft)
Red Lake 3D

Lacul Roșu (Romanian: Lacul Roșu, Hungarian: Gyilkos-tó – "Killer Lake") is the largest barrier lake, in the Eastern Carpathians chain in Harghita County, Romania. The name of "Lacul Roșu" comes from the reddish alluvia deposited in the lake by the Red Creek. The lake falls within the jurisdiction of the municipality of Gheorgheni.

It was formed in 1837, after a landslide blocked the Bicaz Valley. It is about 93 m deep and covers about 12.01 hectares.[1]

See also

References

  1. Gheorghe Romanescu, Cristian Constantin Stoleriu and Andrei EneaLimnology of the Red Lake, Romania: An Interdisciplinary Study (2010), p. 47, at Google Books

External links

Media related to Lacul Roşu at Wikimedia Commons


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