Lac du Bourget

lake in France

Key facts

Location: Savoie , France
Primary inflows: Leysse , Tillet, Sierroz
Primary outflows: Canal de Savières , Rhône
Catchment area: 560 km (220 mi )
Basin countries: France
Max length: 18 km (11 mi)
Max width: 3.5 km (2.2 mi)
Surface area: 44.5 km (17.2 mi )
Average depth: 85 m (279 ft)
Max depth: 145 m (476 ft)
Water volume: 3,600 × 10 ^ m (2,900,000 acre⋅ft)
Residence time: 8 years
Surface elevation: 231.5 m (760 ft)
Settlements: Aix-les-Bains , Le Bourget-du-Lac , Brison-Saint-Innocent , Conjux
Official name: Lac du Bourget - Marais de Chautagne
Designated: 2 February 2003

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Wikidata facts

Area: 44.5
Elevation: 2315
Image: Lac du Bourget 2.jpg
Width: 3.5
Length: 18

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Commons category: Lac du Bourget
vertical depth: 145
volume as quantity: 3600
watershed area: 588

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Lac du Bourget ( French: [lak dy buʁʒɛ]; English Lake Bourget), also locally known as Lac d'Aix ([lak d‿ɛ]), is a lake at the southernmost end of the Jura Mountains in the department of Savoie, France. It is the deepest lake located entirely within France, and either the largest or second largest after Lac de Grand-Lieu depending on season.

The largest town on its shore is Aix-les-Bains. Chambéry, the capital of Savoie, lies about 10 km south of the lake. The lake is mainly fed by the river Leysse (and other small rivers), and it drains towards the river Rhône through the Canal de Savières, an artificial channel. It is a Ramsar site. The extinct bezoule was found only in this lake.