Lac de Bourdouze is a
lake
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near
Puy de Sancy
Puy de Sancy (, ; oc, label=Auvergnat, Puèi de la Crotz , ) is the highest mountain in the Massif Central. It is part of an ancient stratovolcano which has been inactive for about 220,000 years.
The northern and southern slopes are used fo ...
in the
Puy-de-Dôme
Puy-de-Dôme (; oc, label=Auvergnat, lo Puèi de Doma or ''lo Puèi Domat'') is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the centre of France. In 2019, it had a population of 662,152.[France
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. At an elevation of 1168 m, its surface area is 0.15 km
2. The lake was formed as a result of glacial depression.
Bourdouze
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