The Tominé Reservoir (Spanish: ''Embalse del Tominé'') is a
reservoir
A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.
Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...
in northern
Cundinamarca,
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...
about north of
Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city, capital and largest city ...
. It is long and wide, and when completely filled reaches a maximum depth of . Its objectives are to control water levels for hydroelectric plants in the region and supply drinking water to Bogotá. It is adjacent to the municipalities of
Sesquilé
Sesquilé is a town and municipality in Almeidas Province in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. Sesquilé in the Chibcha language of the Muisca means "hot water". and
Guatavita.
History
The reservoir was completed in 1967. The town of Guatavita was intentionally flooded for the construction and functioning of the reservoir. Guatavita was rebuilt on higher grounds. Today, Tominé hosts water sports and other water-related events. The reservoir, the biggest on the
Bogotá savanna
The Bogotá savanna is a savanna#Savanna ecoregions, montane savanna, located in the southwestern part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the center of Colombia. The Bogotá savanna has an extent of and an average altitude of . The savanna is si ...
,
[Embalse de Tominé]
/ref> is seven times larger than the Neusa and Sisga Reservoirs.[CAR ordena medidas para descontaminar el embalse de Tominé]
/ref> At lowstand lake levels, the top of the tower of the old obelisk of Guatavita is visible above the water level.
Gallery
File:Represa de Tominé 3.jpg, Fishing boats
September 2008
File:Represa de Tominé 4.jpg, View of Tomine Reservoir
December 2008
File:Embalse de Tominé.jpg, Tominé Reservoir
June 2013
File:Tominé Reservoir, Colombia, seen from Guatavita.jpg, View of Tominé Reservoir
February 2017
File:Lowstand of Tominé Reservoir seen from Guatavita.jpg, Lowstand of Tominé Reservoir
February 2017
Panoramas
See also
*Lake Guatavita
Lake Guatavita (Spanish: ''Laguna Guatavita'') is located in the Cordillera Oriental of the Colombian Andes in the municipality of Sesquilé in the Almeidas Province, Cundinamarca department of Colombia, northeast of Bogotá, the capital of ...
, Lake Suesca
Lake Suesca is a natural water body situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, belonging to the municipalities of Suesca and Cucunubá in the department of Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca, Colombia. The Drainage basin, basin has a semi-ellip ...
References
External links
*
Cundinamarca department official website
*
- Universidad de los Andes
Geography of Cundinamarca Department
Lakes of Colombia
Lake Tomine
Hydroelectricity in Colombia
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