La Brava Lake

La Brava Lake

La Brava at sunset
Location Balcarce Partido
Province of Buenos Aires
Argentina
Coordinates 37°52′52.10″S 57°58′38.30″W / 37.8811389°S 57.9773056°W / -37.8811389; -57.9773056Coordinates: 37°52′52.10″S 57°58′38.30″W / 37.8811389°S 57.9773056°W / -37.8811389; -57.9773056
Type Rift lake
Primary inflows Tajamar stream[1]
Primary outflows Tajamar stream[1]
Basin countries Argentina
Max. length 3.50 km
Max. width 1.2 km
Surface area 500 hectares[1]
Average depth 4 mt[1]
Max. depth 8 mt[1]
Shore length1 9.6 km
Surface elevation 100 mt
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

La Brava is a lake in the eastearn part of the Balcarce Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It lies just on the border with General Pueyrredón, 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of the city of Mar del Plata and 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of the town of Balcarce. Located within Mount La Brava, the lake area is privately owned, although open to the public for fishing and camping. There are several campsites around the lake, like Ruca Lauquen on the east coast and the Fishing Club Balcarce on the north, both of them with recreational facilities and boat piers.[1] The lake is described as a rift lake or tectonic lake, probably a natural reservoir formed by dunes.[2] La Brava is the habitat of a number of bird species, like swans, ducks, coots, herons and gulls. Capybaras and otters dwell in its shores. The lake also support a fish community dominated by the silverside and the dentudo.[3] The landscape has been compared with that of the lakes of western Patagonia.[4]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Laguna La Brava Ir a Pescar.com (Spanish)
  2. Ringuelet, Raúl (1962). Rasgos Principales de las Lagunas Pampeanas, Anales de la Comisión de Investigación Científica, p. 326 (Spanish)
  3. Laguna Brava (Spanish)
  4. Laguna La Brava: como la Patagonia, pero cerca de Mar del Plata by Laura Gambale, 15 February 2012 (Spanish)
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