The Tominé Reservoir (Spanish: ''Embalse del Tominé'') is a
reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
in northern
Cundinamarca,
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
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 period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...
. 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
Guatavita is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Guavio Province of the department of Cundinamarca. Guatavita is located 75 km northeast of the capital Bogotá. It borders Sesquilé and Machetá in the north, Gachetá and Junín in ...
.
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 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 situated in the Eastern Range ...
,
[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 church 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, Colombia. The basin has a semi-elliptical shape that extends on a north–s ...
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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