Märchensee (Dead Mountains)

Fairy tale lake
Geographical location	Tauplitzalm , Dead Mountains ; Styria
Location close to the shore	Tauplitz
Data
Coordinates	47 ° 36 '6.3 "  N , 13 ° 59' 36"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 36 '6.3 "  N , 13 ° 59' 36"  E
Altitude above sea level	1567  m above sea level A.
surface	0.15 ha
length	60 m
width	26 m
Maximum depth	6 m
particularities	Karsee

The Märchensee , also Koawassersee , is a small mountain lake on the Tauplitzalm in the Dead Mountains in Styria , Austria . The lake is at an altitude of 1567  m above sea level. A. embedded in a hollow north of the large lake . With a water surface of 0.15 hectares, it is the smallest lake on the Tauplitz high plateau . The lake has a length of about 60 meters in a west-east direction with a maximum width of about 26 meters. Near the bank, especially on the less disturbed northeast bank, Berchtold's dwarf pondweed , long-leaved pondweed and hair-leaved water crowfoot grow scattered .

literature

• Drozdowski et al .: The aquatic flora of stagnant waters of the Styrian Salzkammergut (Austria) as well as comments on the occurrence of large mussels, crabs and amphibians . In: Biodiversity and Nature Conservation in Eastern Austria - BCBEA . tape 1/2 . Vienna 2015 ( PDF on ZOBODAT [accessed on July 18, 2020]).

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