Lake Epuyén

The Lago Epuyén or Lac Epuyén is a lake located at the North-East of the province Argentine of Chubut, in Patagonie. Beside the lake is the of the same small town name. It occupies a glacial basin of origin in the past occupied by a disappeared glacier. The lake is in the east of the Lac Puelo, but apart from the zone of the National park Lago Puelo. Its approximate coordinates are 42°1' of southern latitude, and 71°1' of western longitude.

Statistical data

Its surface is at an altitude of 250 meters.
Its surface is of 17 400 000 of m ² is 17,4 square kilometers (two thirds of the Lac of Annecy in France).
Its depth average is of 92,4 meters.
Its depth maximum is of 148 meters.
the volume of water contained is of 1,608 billion m ³.
the length of its banks east of 33 kilometers.
the time of residence of water is roughly 3,6 years.
the extent of its basin is of 506 km ².
Its emissary has a flow of more or less 14 cubic meters a second at the exit of the lake.

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