Klopeiner See

General data

Name: Klopeiner See
Water system: Danube
Water type: Natural lake
Progression: Drava -> Danube -> Black sea -> Mediterranean Sea -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Continental
Continents: Europe
Countries: Austria

Lake Klopein (German: Klopeiner See, Slovene: Klopinjsko jezero) is a lake near the town of Völkermarkt located within the municipality of Sankt Kanzian in Carinthia, Austria. Lake Klopein is the remaining lake of previously larger lake area, which has spanned over today's Kühnsdorf area. With water temperatures reaching 29 °C it is among the warmest lakes in the Alpine region. Lake Klopein is mostly a still lake. Only a few little streams are flowing into it. The outgoing stream is on the west side and flows inside the river Drava. Lake Klopein is 1800 Meters long, 800 Meters wide and has the deepest depth of 48 Meters. Average depth is at 23 Meters. In Lake Klopein 15 different sorts of fish can be found (Statistic review from 2004) : Coregonus lavaretus, Salmo trutta lacustris, Esox lucius, Silurus glanis, Anguilla anguilla, Leuciscus cephalus, Ctenopharyngodon idella, Abramis brama, Cyprinus carpio, Alburnus alburnus, Rutilus rutilus, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, Tinca tinca, Perca fluviatilis and Sander lucioperca.

Klopeiner See

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