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Bassin du Diable

Coordinates: 20°55′25″S 55°25′32″E / 20.92361°S 55.42556°E / -20.92361; 55.42556
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Bassin du Diable
Bassin du Diable is located in Réunion
Bassin du Diable
Bassin du Diable
LocationRéunion
Coordinates20°55′25″S 55°25′32″E / 20.92361°S 55.42556°E / -20.92361; 55.42556
Basin countriesFrance (Reunion)
Surface elevation500 m (1,600 ft)
Islands1
SettlementsSaint-Denis

Bassin du Diable (Devil's Lake) is a lake in the city of Saint-Denis, Réunion, France. This lake is at an elevation of 500 m, from the river bed Grand Bras, a tributary of the Rivière Saint-Denis.

This basin is associated with a legend told in the nineteenth century in the Album of the Reunion of Antoine Louis Roussin [fr].