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Glacial lake in Carinthia

Afritzer See
Lake Afritz
View to the west
Afritzer See
Location	Carinthia
Coordinates	46°45′N 13°46′E / 46.750°N 13.767°E / 46.750; 13.767
Type	glacial lake
Primary outflows	Afritzer Bach to Drava
Catchment area	8.67 km (3.35 sq mi)
Basin countries	Austria

Max. length	1.5 km (0.93 mi)
Max. width	0.38 km (0.24 mi)
Surface area	49 ha (0.19 sq mi)
Average depth	14.2 m (47 ft)
Max. depth	22.5 m (74 ft)
Water volume	6,925,741 m (5,614.790 acre⋅ft)
Residence time	1.7 years
Surface elevation	752 m (2,467 ft)

Settlements	Afritz, Feld am See

Afritzer See is a lake of Carinthia, Austria.

Geography

The lake is situated in the Gegendtal Valley, running from east to west through the Nock Mountains range of the Gurktal Alps. Though the named after the settlement of Afritz on the eastern shore, the water is located within the municipal area of neighbouring Feld am See. A drainage divide separates it from the neighbouring Brennsee lake. Several brooks flow into Afritzer See, it empties via Afritzer Bach into the Drava river near Villach.

It is a popular bathing lake in summer, two public lidos and a camping site are located on the southern shore.

References

External links

(in German) Carinthian Institute of Limnology

v t e Lakes of Carinthia
Main lakes	Faaker See Keutschacher See Klopeiner See Millstätter See Ossiacher See Weissensee Wörthersee
Secondary lakes	Afritzer See Aichwaldsee Baßgeigensee Brennsee Dietrichsteiner See Dösener See Egelsee Falkertsee Farchtensee Ferlacher Badesee Flatschacher See Flattnitzer See Forstsee Goggausee Gösselsdorfer See Hafnersee Haidensee Hörzendorfer See Jeserzer See Kleinsee Kraiger See Längsee Magdalensee Maltschacher See Moosburger Mitterteich Penkensee Pressegger See Rauschelesee Silbersee Sonnegger See Stappitzer See Turnersee Turracher See Urbansee Vassacher See Zmulner See
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