Lake Silvaplana

Lake Silvaplana (Lej da Silvaplauna)
	Lake Silvaplana
Geographical location	Upper Engadine
Tributaries	Inn / Sela, Fedacla , Ova dal Vallun
Drain	Lej da Champfèr , ( Inn / Sela)
Places on the shore	Sils Maria , Silvaplana
	Data
Coordinates	780 984 / 147013 coordinates: 46 ° 27 '0 " N , 9 ° 47' 40" O ; CH1903: 780 984 / 147013
Altitude above sea level	1790.54 m above sea level M.
surface	3.2 km²
length	3.1 km
width	1.4 km
volume	0.135 km³
scope	12.716 km
Maximum depth	77 m
Middle deep	48 m
Catchment area	129 km²
	Water renewal time : 250 days

The Silvaplana lake ( Rhaeto-Romanic Lej da Silvaplauna ^?^/^I ) is a lake in the Upper Engadin . It is named after the village of Silvaplana and the middle of the three lakes in the Engadine Lake District. It is traversed by the Inn , which is still called Sela here . The lake merges into the Lej da Champfèr at a narrow point . This narrowing is created by the alluvial fan of Silvaplana, which is pushed further and further into the lake by the Ova dal Vallun stream .

To the south of the lake are the Surlej settlement and the Corvatsch ski area . The lake is popular with kite and windsurfers ; especially because of the steady, strong Maloja wind , which usually comes up around noon.

Varia

During a hike on Lake Silvaplana, "near a mighty, pyramidal towered block not far from Surlei", Friedrich Nietzsche said he was overcome by the idea of an Eternal Return .