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Neusiedl Lake is a shallow steppe lake located in Central Europe, situated on the border between Austria and Hungary. It is notable as one of Europe's largest steppe lakes and plays an important ecological role as a habitat for diverse bird species and wetland ecosystems.
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Lake Neusiedl
Lake Neusiedl (German: Neusiedler See, pronounced [ˈnɔʏˌziːdlɐ ˈzeː] ; Croatian: Nežidersko jezero or Niuzaljsko jezero; Slovene: Nežidersko jezero; Slovak: Neziderské jazero; Czech: Neziderské jezero) or Lake Fertő (Hungarian: Fertő tó), is the largest endorheic lake in Central Europe, straddling Austria and Hungary. The lake is saline and covers 315 km (122 sq mi), of which 240 km (93 sq mi) is on the Austrian side and 75 km (29 sq mi) on the Hungarian side. Its drainage basin is about 1,120 km (430 sq mi), about three times its size excluding the lake itself. From north to south, the lake is about 36 km (22 mi) long, and it is between 6 km (3+1⁄2 mi) and 12 km (7+1⁄2 mi) wide from east to west. On average, its surface is 115.45 m (378.8 ft) above the Adriatic Sea and it is no more than 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) deep.
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Austria–Hungary borderBiosphere reserves of AustriaBiosphere reserves of HungaryEisenstadt-Umgebung DistrictEndorheic lakes of EuropeGeography of Győr-Moson-Sopron CountyInternational lakes of EuropeLakes of BurgenlandLakes of HungaryLowest points of countriesNeusiedl am See DistrictRamsar sites in Austria