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Lake Dayet-Aoua

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Lake Dayet-Aoua
Lake Dayet-Aoua
Lake Dayet-Aoua is located in Morocco
Lake Dayet-Aoua
Lake Dayet-Aoua
LocationNorthern Morocco
TypeNatural lake
Basin countriesMorocco
Surface area1,40 km2
Average depth4 to 5 meters
Max. depth5
Surface elevation1 460 m
Islandsnone
SettlementsIfrane Province

Lake Dayet-Aoua is a lake, in northern Morocco, in the Middle Atlas at an altitude of 1,460 m. It belongs to the Ifrane Province within the Fès-Meknès region.[1]

Location

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Its access is very easy, located 15 kilometers north of Ifrane by the RN 24 Ifrane-Fès, rural commune of Ifrane, which directly overlooks the 140 ha lake, its surface area varies according to different times of the seasons. Lake's depth remains low, four to five meters upstream (west) and a downstream part (east) silted up, marshy in appearance, exondable in summer.[2]

The lake is surrounded by a low wet meadow and forests of holm oaks (Quercus rotundifolia) and cedrus: Cedrus atlantica. A belt of poplars and a few willows surround the lake on its immediate edges. It is one of the few mountainous wetlands with a wide variety of habitats (shallow water, wet meadow, emergent marsh, mudflats and forest).The submerged and emerged flora is abundant and very diverse; presence of Myriophyllum spicatum, Juncus bufonius, carex sp, Persicaria amphibia, Ranunculus millifoliatus, Schoenoplectus lacustris, Phragmites australis and Typha sp.

References

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  1. ^ "Valeurs et fonctions écologiques des Zones humides du Moyen Atlas (Maroc)" (PDF).
  2. ^ ""ضايـة عـوا"... لا أثـر للحيـاة - جريدة الصباح". 2018-04-08. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 2025-01-08.