🌊 Triftsee

Switzerland · Europe · 1,652 m · 46.69°N, 8.36°E

The Triftsee is a proglacial lake below the Trift Glacier in Gadmen, in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. It began forming in the late 1990s as the glacier retreated and expanded significantly after 2001. The site has since become the focus of hydropower development plans and environmental debates.

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Quick facts

Country	Switzerland
Continent / region	Europe
Surface elevation	1,652 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	46.69°N, 8.36°E · view on map

Triftsee sits at 1,652 m in Switzerland, in Europe. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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