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Lake Bohinj

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Lake Bohinj

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lake in Slovenia

Key facts

Location
Municipality of Bohinj , Triglav National Park
Type
Glacial lake
Primary inflows
Savica
Primary outflows
Sava Bohinjka
Catchment area
107 km (41 mi )
Basin countries
Slovenia
Max length
4.35 km (2.70 mi)
Max width
1 km (0.62 mi)
Surface area
3.18 km (1.23 mi )
Average depth
30 m (98 ft)
Max depth
45 m (148 ft)
Water volume
99.7 × 10 ^ m (80,800 acre⋅ft)
Residence time
0.3 to 0.5 years
Surface elevation
526 m (1,726 ft)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
glacial lake
Country
Slovenia
Area
3.18
Elevation
526
Body of water
Sava Bohinjka
Image
Wocheiner See.jpg
Width
1200
Length
4100
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volume as quantity
92500000
located in protected area
Triglav National Park
vertical depth
45
basin country
Slovenia
native label
Bohinjsko jezero
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Encyclopedic overview

Lake Bohinj (Slovene: Bohinjsko jezero), covering 318 hectares (790 acres), is the largest permanent lake in Slovenia. It is located within the Bohinj Valley of the Julian Alps, in the northwestern Upper Carniola region, and part of Triglav National Park.

Geography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lake Bohinj” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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