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Lac du Bourget
Lac du Bourget
Location	Savoie, France
Coordinates	45°44′N 5°52′E / 45.733°N 5.867°E
Primary inflows	Leysse, Tillet, Sierroz
Primary outflows	Canal de Savières, Rhône
Catchment area	560 km²
Basin countries	France
Max. length	18 km
Max. width	3.5 km
Surface area	44.5 km²
Average depth	85 m
Max. depth	145 m
Water volume	3,600 mio m³
Residence time	8 years
Surface elevation	231.5 m
Settlements	Aix-les-Bains; Le Bourget-du-Lac; Brison-Saint-Innocent; Conjux

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Lac du Bourget (Lake Bourget), also locally known as Lac Gris (Grey Lake), is a lake at the southernmost end of the Jura Mountains in the department of Savoie, France. It is the largest and the deepest lake located entirely within France.

The largest town on its shore is Aix-les-Bains. Chambéry, the capital of Savoie, lies about 10 km south of the lake. It is mainly fed by the river Leysse (and other small rivers), and 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.

The lake was formed during the last period of global glaciation in the Alps (Würm glaciation) during the Pleistocene epoch. It has a surface area of 44.5 km2 (4,450 hectares). The long and narrow north-south axis of the lake extends 18 km in length, and ranges between 1.6 km and 3.5 km in width.^[1] The lake's average depth is 85 m, and its maximum depth in 145 m.

The lake is bordered by the steep summits of the Mont du Chat and the Chaîne de l'Épine on the west, and Bauges Mountains on the east, which form its shores.

Lac du Bourget was made famous by several romantic poems of Alphonse de Lamartine, including Le Lac,^[2] as well as by descriptions by Xavier de Maistre, Honoré de Balzac, and Alexandre Dumas.

Gallery

View from the town of
Verel-Pragondran
View from Aix-les-Bains
View from Mont Revard
Hautecombe Abbey on the lake, 1860 print

References

External links

[1] ttp://www.savoie-mont-blanc.com/Magazine/Visites-et-decouverte/A-visiter/Le-Lac-du-Bourget-le-plus-sauvage

[2] Poems Found in Translation, The Lake by Alphonse de Lamartine, translated by A.Z. Foreman

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 '''Lac du Bourget''' (Lake Bourget), also locally known as Lac Gris (Grey Lake), is a [[lake]] at the southernmost end of the [[Jura Mountains]] in the [[Departments of France|department]] of [[Savoie]], [[France]].  It is the largest and the deepest lake located entirely within France.
-The most important town on its shore is [[Aix-les-Bains]]. [[Chambéry]], the capital of Savoie, lies about 10&nbsp;km south of the lake. It is mainly fed by the river [[Leysse]] (and other small rivers), and drains towards the river [[Rhône River|Rhône]] through the [[Canal de Savières]], an artificial channel. It is a [[Ramsar Convention|Ramsar site]]. The extinct [[bezoule]] was found only in this lake.
+The largest town on its shore is [[Aix-les-Bains]]. [[Chambéry]], the capital of Savoie, lies about 10&nbsp;km south of the lake. It is mainly fed by the river [[Leysse]] (and other small rivers), and drains towards the river [[Rhône River|Rhône]] through the [[Canal de Savières]], an artificial channel. It is a [[Ramsar Convention|Ramsar site]]. The extinct [[bezoule]] was found only in this lake.
 The lake was formed during the [[Last glacial period|last period of global glaciation in the Alps (Würm glaciation)]] during the [[Pleistocene]] epoch. It has a surface area of  44.5&nbsp;km2 (4,450 hectares). The long and narrow north-south axis of the lake extends 18&nbsp;km in length, and ranges between 1.6&nbsp;km and 3.5&nbsp;km in width.<ref>http://www.savoie-mont-blanc.com/Magazine/Visites-et-decouverte/A-visiter/Le-Lac-du-Bourget-le-plus-sauvage</ref> The lake's average depth is 85&nbsp;m, and its maximum depth in 145&nbsp;m.