Lake Pampulha

Lake Pampulha
Pampulha Lake in Belo Horizonte
Lake Pampulha
Location	Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Coordinates	19°51′07″S 43°59′00″W / 19.85194°S 43.98333°W / -19.85194; -43.98333
Lake type	Artificial
Surface area	2.6 square kilometres (1.0 sq mi)
Average depth	5 metres (16 ft)
Max. depth	16 metres (52 ft)
Water volume	14,000,000 cubic metres (18,000,000 cu yd)
Shore length1	18 kilometres (11 mi)
Surface elevation	801 metres (2,628 ft)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Pampulha (Portuguese: Lagoa da Pampulha, Portuguese pronunciation: [pɐ̃ˈpuʎɐ]) is an artificial lake located in Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.^[1][2] It is also the name of an administrative region (região administrativa) of Belo Horizonte, and the name of one of 29 neighborhoods (bairros) within the administrative region of the same name. The lake was built in the early 1940s during the mayoralty of Juscelino Kubitschek, later president of Brazil from 1956 to 1961. Pampulha was created as a source of water for the city of Belo Horizonte, but quickly became polluted.^[3]

Lake Pampulha covers 2.6 square kilometres (1.0 sq mi), has a volume of 14,000,000 cubic metres (18,000,000 cu yd), and a drainage basin of 97 square kilometres (37 sq mi). It has a mean depth of 5.1 metres (17 ft) and reaches a maximum depth of 16 metres (52 ft). The lake is fed by 8 small streams, the largest being the Sarandi and Ressaca. 424,000 residents live in the catchment area of the lake.^[1][2][3]