🌊 Lake Orestiada

Greece · Europe · 630 m · 40.52°N, 21.30°E

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Lake Orestiada
Lake Orestiada or Lake of Kastoria is a lake in the Kastoria regional unit of Macedonia, northwestern Greece. It spreads out in a natural basin, surrounded by mountains and is the remnant of a huge ancient Miocene lake that reached an area of 164 square kilometres and at a depth of 50 meters. Sitting at an altitude of 630 metres, the lake covers an area of 28 square kilometres with a coastline that reaches 34 km. The maximum depth of the lake reaches about 9 meters and the average depth 4.5 meters.

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Quick facts

CountryGreece
Continent / regionEurope
Surface elevation630 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)40.52°N, 21.30°E · view on map

Lake Orestiada sits at 630 m in Greece, in Europe. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Surface elevation from Wikidata. Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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