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Gatun Lake
Sign in to saveAlso known as Lake Gatun, Lago Gatún, Lago Gatun
artificial lake forming part of Panama Canal
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 130 inbound references to Gatun Lake, and connects out to Smithsonian Institution, Barro Colorado Island and Spanish.
The entry is geolocated on the map in waterbody.
It sits within the topics 1913 establishments in Panama, Artificial lakes and Bifurcation lakes.
Vinony links it to 38 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Type
- Artificial lake
- Primary inflows
- Chagres River
- Catchment area
- 2,313 square kilometres (2.490 × 10 ft )
- Basin countries
- Panama
- First flooded
- June 27, 1913
- Surface area
- 431 km (166 sq mi)
- Average depth
- 12.7 metres (42 ft)
- Water volume
- 5.48 km (4,440,000 acre⋅ft)
- Residence time
- 1 yr
- Shore length
- 1,750 kilometres (1,090 mi)
- Surface elevation
- 26 m (85 ft)
- Islands
- Isla Barro Colorado , Isla Gatun , Isla Falta Calzado, Isla Tres Perros
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- reservoir
- Part of
- Panama Canal
- Country
- Panama
- Located in
- Panamá Oeste Province
- Area
- 436
- Elevation
- 26
- Image
- Panama, Gatun Lake 2.jpg
- Length
- 33
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- native label
- Lago Gatún
- Commons category
- Gatun Lake
- impounded by
- Gatun Dam
- outflows
- Panama Canal locks
- volume as quantity
- 5.2
- basin country
- Panama
- inception
- 1907-00-00
- has cause
- Gatun Dam
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Encyclopedic overview
Gatun Lake (Spanish: Lago Gatún) is a mostly freshwater (slightly saline near the locks) reservoir to the south of Colón, Panama. At approximately 26 m (85 ft) above sea level, it forms a major part of the Panama Canal, carrying ships 33 km (21 mi) of their transit across the Isthmus of Panama. It was created June 27, 1913 when the gates of the spillway at Gatun Dam were closed. The water level was about 14.6 m (48 ft) above sea level and was expected to fill to operating levels in the next six months.
Construction
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gatun Lake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.