Lac de Bonlieu

The Lac de Bonlieu is a lake in the French Jura, in the Jura, approximately 25 km east-southeast of Lons -le- Saunier in Franche -Comté. It is located at 791 m above sea level. M. on the floor of the church Bonlieu and occupies an area of around 17 hectares. The lake is 725 m long and up to 300 m wide. Its greatest depth is 13 m.

The Lac de Bonlieu is flanked to the south and east by forested, partly rocky ridges of the high Jura ( Forêt de la Chaux du Dombief ), the. Up to 1000 m above sea M. soar. It has on this page steep bank, while the western and northern riverside areas are relatively flat and partially bordered by a swamp belt. The Lac de Bonlieu is fed by the flowing down from the surrounding slopes rainwater and probably by sublakustrische sources. The lake is drained to the north and part of the catchment area of ​​the Hérisson, a left tributary of the Ain.