Lake Bohinj
Lake Bohinj | ||
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Primary inflows Savica | | |
Primary outflows | Sava Bohinjka | |
Catchment area | 107 km2 (41 sq mi) | |
Basin countries | Slovenia | |
Max. length | 4.35 km (2.70 mi) | |
Max. width | 1 km (0.62 mi) | |
Surface area | 3.18 km2 (1.23 sq mi) | |
Average depth | 30 m (98 ft) | |
Max. depth | 45 m (148 ft) | |
Water volume | 99.7×10 6 m3 (80,800 acre⋅ft) | |
Residence time | 0.3 to 0.5 years[1] | |
Surface elevation | 526 m (1,726 ft) | |
References | [1] |
Lake Bohinj (Slovene: Bohinjsko jezero, German: Wocheiner See), covering 318 hectares (790 acres), is the largest permanent lake in Slovenia.[2][notes 1] It is located within the Bohinj Valley of the Julian Alps, in the northwestern Upper Carniola region, and part of Triglav National Park.
Geography
Lake Bohinj is 4.2 km (2.6 mi) long and 1 km (0.62 mi) at its maximum width.[3] It is a glacial lake dammed by a moraine. The largest of the streams that flow into the lake, the Savica ('little Sava'),[4] is fed from Črno jezero (Black Lake), the lowest-lying lake in the Triglav Lakes Valley. The outflow at the eastern end is the Jezernica creek which merges with the Mostnica to form the Sava Bohinjka, which in turn becomes the larger Sava River at the confluence with the Sava Dolinka. As found out already by Belsazar Hacquet in the 18th century, much more water leaves Lake Bohinj than enters it, which is explained with subterranean sources of water.
The clear waters of the lake are the
Notes
- intermittent lake, is larger than Lake Bohinj during its flood seasons, but disappears entirely during dry seasons.
References
- ^ a b Lake Bohinj in "Alpine lakes. Survey between land and water" (PDF). (52.1 MB) , page 43
- ISBN 961-6324-17-9. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2012-11-25.
- ^ Royal Geographical Society (1856) "Wocheiner-See" A Gazetteer of the World: or, Dictionary of geographical knowledge, compiled from the most recent authorities, and forming a complete body of modern geography -- physical, political, statistical, historical, and ethnographical A. Fullarton, Edinburgh, Scotland, p. 529, OCLC 20348227; note that Lake Bohinj was formerly known in English by its German name Wocheiner See, or sometimes Lake Wochein.
- OCLC 4018143