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Müritz
Sign in to saveThe Müritz (; from Slavic "little sea") is a lake in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northern Germany. Its area is , which makes it the second largest lake in Germany (after Lake Constance) and the largest lake located entirely within German territory.
Key facts
- Lake.name
- Müritz
- Lake.image
- Schiff Waren.jpg
- Lake.caption
- Waren harbour during the Müritz Sail week
- Lake.location
- Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Lake.pushpin_map
- Germany#Germany Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Lake.type
- mesotrophic
- Lake.inflow
- Elde
- Lake.outflow
- Elde
- Lake.basin_countries
- Germany
- Lake.residence_time
- 15 years (?)
- Lake.cities
- Waren, Röbel
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Divisions
- Creation
- Water level
- Nationalpark
- Flora
- Settlements
- References
- External links
The Müritz (; from Slavic "little sea") is a lake in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northern Germany. Its area is , which makes it the second largest lake in Germany (after Lake Constance) and the largest lake located entirely within German territory.
Its maximum depth is . It is fed and drained by the river Elde. Part of the Müritz and adjacent forests and wetlands are protected by the Müritz National Park. The former Müritz district was named after the lake. The biggest towns bordering the lake are Waren (Müritz) and Röbel, both major centres of tourism in the Mecklenburg Lake District.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Müritz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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