Lake Wörther
Wörthersee (; Slovene: Vrbsko jezero, ) is a lake in the southern Austrian state of Carinthia. The bathing lake is a main tourist destination in summer.
Key facts
- Lake.name
- Wörthersee Lake Wörth
- Lake.image
- Poertschach Blick von Hoher Gloriette 11082013 344.jpg
- Lake.caption
- Wörthersee near Pörtschach
- Lake.image_bathymetry
- Map at woerthersee.svg
- Lake.location
- Carinthia
- Lake.inflow
- Reifnitzbach, Pirkerbach
- Lake.outflow
- Glanfurt
- Lake.basin_countries
- Austria
- Lake.residence_time
- 10.5 years
- Lake.islands
- Schlangeninsel, Kapuzinerinsel
- Lake.cities
- Klagenfurt, Velden, Pörtschach, Krumpendorf, Maria Wörth
- Lake.pushpin_map
- Austria
Article
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- Geography
- Etymology
- Tourism
- Transportation
- References
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Wörthersee (; Slovene: Vrbsko jezero, ) is a lake in the southern Austrian state of Carinthia. The bathing lake is a main tourist destination in summer.
==Geography== thumb|left|View from Pyramidenkogel Wörthersee is Carinthia's largest lake. It is elongated, about long and wide, and stretches from the outskirts of the Carinthian capital Klagenfurt in the east to the bay of Velden in the west. Situated within the Klagenfurt Basin, its shores are flanked to the north and south by the foothills of the Gurktal Alps and the Karawanks range, all covered with dense forests beyond which snow-capped Alpine peaks are visible. The lake's water is of a distinctive blue-green colour and transparent.