Grand Étang

Grand Étang
Grand Étang
Location Réunion
Coordinates 21°5′46″S 55°38′25″E / 21.09611°S 55.64028°E / -21.09611; 55.64028Coordinates: 21°5′46″S 55°38′25″E / 21.09611°S 55.64028°E / -21.09611; 55.64028
Primary inflows Bras d'Annette
Basin countries France
Surface elevation 525 m (1,722 ft)
Settlements Saint-Benoît

Grand Étang (large pond in English) is the largest lake on the island of Réunion, a French territory in the western Indian Ocean. It lies in the commune of Saint-Benoît, close to La Plaine-des-Palmistes, in the eastern part of the island. Its inflow is a short creek from the waterfall Cascade Biberon of the Bras d'Annette creek. It does not have an outflow.

Lake of Grand Etang - in the background the waterfall of Cascade Biberon

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