Lac d'Espingo
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Lac d'Espingo is a lake in Haute-Garonne, Pyrénées, France. At an elevation of 1882 m, its surface area is 0.076 km². In 1836, James David Forbes reported it had mica similar to the mica palmier in granite near Bagnères-de-Luchon. In 1940, Henri Gaussen reported the lake sat nearly 2,000 meters above sea level and had 1.5 meters of rainfall per year.
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