Lake d'Ampola

Lago d'Ampola Ampola lake
Geographical location	Val d'Ampola, Lake Garda mountains
Drain	Palvico → Chiese → Oglio → Po
Location close to the shore	Tiarno di Sopra
Data
Coordinates	45 ° 52 '14 "  N , 10 ° 39' 7"  E Coordinates: 45 ° 52 '14 "  N , 10 ° 39' 7"  E
Altitude above sea level	725  m slm
surface	6 ha
length	400 m
width	150 m
Maximum depth	3.9 m
Middle deep	1.3 m
particularities	Lago d'Ampola nature reserve

The Lago d'Ampola also Laghetto d'Ampola is a lake in the Garda mountains in Trentino . It is located about 2 km southwest of Tiarno di Sopra at the beginning of the Val d'Ampola, as the southwestern valley of the Ledro valley that slopes down to the Chiese is called. Lake Ampola has been a nature reserve since 1990 and has been part of the NATURA 2000 network since 1996 .

Origin and geography

The approximately 400 m long and 150 m wide lake is located at an altitude of 725  m slm on the watershed between Chiese in the west and Lake Garda in the east. Wherein m, on average, only 1.3 parts of deep sea is in a flat bog surrounded and is prone to silting . Due to the heavy vegetation, it looks more like a pond than a lake.

The Ampola lake is of glacial origin and after the last glacial period formed a single lake area with the Ledro lake, which filled the Ledro valley from Molina di Ledro to the Ampola pass. The lake bed was carved out by a branch of the Adige Glacier , in which water accumulated , aided by the remains of moraine at the eastern end at Molina di Ledro and the alluvial cone of the Rio Visi at the western end. The flowing waters coming from the side valleys of the Ledro valley eventually led to the siltation of the original continuous lake bed through sedimentation and separated the two lakes.

Fish fauna

The following types of fish can be found in Lago d'Ampola: minnow , European eel , perch , pike , carp , rudd and tench .

Others

During canal work in 1967, the remains of an approximately 3500 year old dugout canoe were found near the lake , similar to the dugout canoes found at the pile dwelling settlement on Lake Ledro.

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literature

• Comunità Alto Garda e Ledro (ed.): Le aree protette nel territorio della comunità Alto Garda e Ledro . Comunità Alto Garda e Ledro, Riva del Garda, undated
• Aldo Gorfer: Le Valli del Trentino. Trentino Occidentale , Manfrini, Calliano 1975.
• Gino Tomasi: I trecento laghi del Trentino , Artimedia-Temi, Trento 2004 ISBN 88-85114-83-0

Web links

Commons : Lago d'Ampola  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lago d'Ampola. In: areeprotette.provincia.tn.it. Autonomous Province of Trento, accessed July 10, 2020 (Italian). 
2. ↑ Gino Tomasi: I trecento Laghi del Trentino S. 220, 273
3. ↑ manuals dell'aspirante pescatore. (PDF) In: forestefauna.provincia.tn.it. Autonomous Province of Trento, March 31, 2017, accessed July 10, 2020 (Italian). 
4. ↑ Europa preistorica e protostorica. In: cherini.eu. Retrieved July 10, 2020 (Italian).