Orankesee
Sign in to saveOrankesee is a lake in Berlin, Germany. Its surface area is . The Orankesee is a lake without inflow or outflow. Together with the nearby Obersee lake, it forms the center around which the Hohenschönhausen villa quarter developed. The Orankesee belongs to a chain of glacial lakes that extends from the Barnim plateau to the Berlin Urstromtal. The name Oranke derives from the Slavic word Roderanke, meaning “reddish-brown lake.”
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- Area
- 0.040546
- Image
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- Orankesee (Berlin)
- vertical depth
- 6.72
- volume as quantity
- 0.106050
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Orankesee is a lake in Berlin, Germany. Its surface area is . The Orankesee is a lake without inflow or outflow. Together with the nearby Obersee lake, it forms the center around which the Hohenschönhausen villa quarter developed. The Orankesee belongs to a chain of glacial lakes that extends from the Barnim plateau to the Berlin Urstromtal. The name Oranke derives from the Slavic word Roderanke, meaning “reddish-brown lake.”
Category:Lakes of Berlin Category:Lichtenberg
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