Lake Ossiach

Ossiacher See Lake Ossiach
Location	Carinthia
Coordinates	46°40′N 13°58′E / 46.667°N 13.967°E / 46.667; 13.967Coordinates: 46°40′N 13°58′E / 46.667°N 13.967°E / 46.667; 13.967
Primary inflows	Tiebel
Primary outflows	Seebach to Drava river
Basin countries	Austria
Max. length	11 km
Max. width	1,700 m
Surface area	10.5 km²
Average depth	19.6 m (64 ft)
Max. depth	52 m (171 ft)
Water volume	206 km³
Residence time	1.8 years
Surface elevation	501 m (1644 ft)
Settlements	Annenheim, Sattendorf, Bodensdorf, Steindorf, Ossiach

Lake Ossiach (German: Ossiacher See, Slovene: Osojsko jezero) is a lake in the Austrian state of Carinthia, situated in the Nock Mountains between the towns of Villach and Feldkirchen. It is the third largest lake in Carinthia, superseded only by Lake Wörth and Lake Millstatt.

Lake Ossiach is a dimictic lake with mixing periods in spring and in late autumn. In summer the waters reach 24°C.

There are five main villages surrounding the lake, all of them mainly dependent on summer tourism: Annenheim and Sattendorf, parts of the market town of Treffen, Bodensdorf, part of Steindorf and Ossiach, after which the lake is named.

External links

• (German) Carinthian Institute of Limnology