Gurksee
| Gurksee | ||
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| View from Torer (2,205 m) to Gurksee (1,970 m) | ||
| Geographical location | Gurkursprung Nature Reserve , Albeck , Carinthia , Austria | |
| Drain | → cucumber | |
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| Coordinates | 46 ° 54 '41 " N , 13 ° 56' 43" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 1970 m above sea level A. | |
| surface | 0.4 ha | |
| length | 85 m | |
| width | 65 m | |
| volume | 3044 m³ | |
| Maximum depth | 1.5 m | |
The Gurksee is a small lake in the Gurktal Alps ( Carinthia ) in the municipality of Albeck and one of the two source lakes of the Gurk . It is located in the Gurkursprung nature reserve .
The lake is located 1970 m above sea level and covers an area of 0.4 hectares. It is 85 m long and 65 m wide. The maximum depth is 1.5 m, the lake freezes completely in winter. The water volume is 3044 m³, the catchment area covers 0.41 km².
The bedrock consists of monkshood slate , a meta diabase - phyllite . The surrounding vegetation is predominantly crooked sedge .
The water is very cold and poor in nutrients. There is only a small amount of algae biomass. At phytoplankton are Gymnodinium , Homoeothrix , Trachelomonas planctonica and unspecified diatoms known. In macrozoobenthos , larvae of Melampophylax nepos and other trichoptera dominate the lake . Since the lake freezes through in winter, there are no fish in it.
literature
- Wolfgang Honsig-Erlenburg: Four mountain lakes in the Gurktal Alps (Carinthia, Austria). In: Carinthia II . 173/93. Year, 1983, pp. 275–292 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).