Almsee
Encyclopedia
Almsee is a lake
in Upper Austria
in the Almtal valley, south of the town of Grünau im Almtal
. The lake lies in the northern portion of the Totes Gebirge
mountains and is about 2.3 km by 700 m wide.
The lake drains through Alm
. Since 1965, the area around the Almsee is under nature conservation. Konrad Lorenz
made important observations of the Greylag Goose
on the lake.
Lake
A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...
in Upper Austria
Upper Austria
Upper Austria is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg...
in the Almtal valley, south of the town of Grünau im Almtal
Grünau im Almtal
Grünau im Almtal is a village in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. The village had a population of 2,115 as of 2002.Grünau is surrounded by mountains with a central river that runs throughout the valley....
. The lake lies in the northern portion of the Totes Gebirge
Totes Gebirge
The Totes Gebirge is a group of mountains in Austria, part of the Northern Limestone Alps, lying between the Salzkammergut and the Ennstaler Alpen. The name Totes Gebirge is derived from the German words tot meaning "dead", referring to the apparent lack of vegetation, and Gebirge meaning "mountain...
mountains and is about 2.3 km by 700 m wide.
The lake drains through Alm
Alm River
Alm is a river in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.The Alm is a right tributary of the Traun, which it meets near the City of Fischlham. Its source is the lake Almsee...
. Since 1965, the area around the Almsee is under nature conservation. Konrad Lorenz
Konrad Lorenz
Konrad Zacharias Lorenz was an Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist. He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch...
made important observations of the Greylag Goose
Greylag Goose
The Greylag Goose , Anser anser, is a bird with a wide range in the Old World. It is the type species of the genus Anser....
on the lake.