Laguna de Gallocanta

Laguna de Gallocanta
Laguna de Gallocanta
Location	Campo de Daroca and Jiloca Comarca, Aragon
Coordinates	40°58′00″N 1°29′50″W / 40.96667°N 1.49722°W / 40.96667; -1.49722
Primary inflows	Río de la Hoz de los Pozuelos, Arroyo de Cañada, Arroyo de Santed
Primary outflows	None
Catchment area	543.35 km2 (209.79 sq mi)
Basin countries	Spain
Max. length	7.7 km (4.8 mi)
Max. width	2.8 km (1.7 mi)
Surface area	14.6 km2 (5.6 sq mi)
Average depth	0.5 m (1.6 ft)
Max. depth	2 m (6 ft 7 in)
Water volume	5×10^6 m3 (180×10^6 cu ft)
Surface elevation	995 m (3,264 ft)
Settlements	Bello, Gallocanta, Berrueco, Tornos and Las Cuerlas
Ramsar Wetland
Designated	7 June 1994
Reference no.	655[1]

The Gallocanta Lake (Spanish: Laguna de Gallocanta) is an endorheic lake in Aragon, Spain. It is located between the Teruel and Zaragoza provinces. The lake is located just to the south of Gallocanta village, between the Aragonese comarcas of Campo de Daroca and Comarca del Jiloca. This lake is situated on a high continental plain at an altitude of almost 1,000 m.^[2]

It lies in a 53,600 ha natural basin known as El Campo de Bello, encircled by the Iberian System mountain ranges of Sierra de Santa Cruz and Sierra de Pardos in the north, Sierra Menera in the south and Sierra del Caldereros in the east. It is an intermittent rain-fed lake, largely dependent on abundant autumnal and spring rains if it is to maintain a sizeable amount of water into the hot summer months. During the summer of 1969 drought the lake dried completely, leaving a crust of salt.^[3]