Lac de Créteil

Lake Créteil is located in the southeastern suburbs of Paris (Val-de-Marne).

It was originally a gypsum quarry and gravel, located on the edge of the town of Creteil and the hill called Mount Mesly.

This gravel pit operated from 1940 to 1976, excavated in the ancient alluvium of the Seine and Marne rivers near their confluence, reached the water table of Champigny, fueled by the Marne, which led to the formation of deep pools.

The development of the quarry into a lake after a lot of work has given him an elongated along a north-south. It has a maximum elongation of 1500 m for a width ranging from 250 to 400 m. Its average depth is 4 m with a maximum of 6 m for an area is 40 ha. Its perimeter is 4 km.

Power supply: direct rainfall, and storm sewer outlet of Mount Mesly draining 40 ha of urban area.