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Numerous brooks flow into the lake, of which the
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Since 1901 ship transport on the lake in summer is provided by the Millstättersee
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338:. With a surface area of 13.3 km (5.1 sq mi) Lake Millstatt is the second largest lake of Carinthia (after
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into the Lieser River over the following millennia created a trench that considerably lowered the water level.
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on the northern shore. Other municipalities near the lake are
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river, which itself is a tributary of the Drava. The
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241:1.205 km (977,000 acre⋅ft)
376:since 1970, is almost uninhabited.
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16:Glacial lake in Carinthia
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199:12 km (7.5 mi)
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225:89 m (292 ft)
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336:Spittal an der Drau
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552:European route E55
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238:Water volume
212:Surface area
138:glacial lake
901:Zmulner See
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766:Farchtensee
751:Dösener See
731:Aichwaldsee
268:Settlements
196:Max. length
162:Seebach to
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95:Coordinates
932:Categories
761:Falkertsee
701:Wörthersee
696:Weissensee
671:Faaker See
664:Main lakes
561:References
477:meromictic
445:Ordovician
370:Radenthein
340:Lake Wörth
230:Max. depth
204:Max. width
150:Riegerbach
108:13°34′47″E
105:46°47′42″N
881:Turnersee
866:Silbersee
851:Penkensee
806:Haidensee
801:Hafnersee
791:Goggausee
657:Carinthia
459:Limnology
453:amphibole
429:quartzite
406:meltwater
362:Millstatt
310:Geography
300:Carinthia
276:Millstatt
251:7.5 years
88:Carinthia
891:Urbansee
821:Kleinsee
786:Forstsee
741:Brennsee
544:Salzburg
506:and the
398:dead ice
366:Seeboden
280:Döbriach
272:Seeboden
84:Location
831:Längsee
756:Egelsee
548:Villach
536:highway
425:schists
402:fluvial
394:glacier
380:Geology
304:Austria
187:Austria
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500:zander
490:, for
465:Lieser
449:garnet
421:gneiss
410:kettle
292:German
164:Lieser
653:Lakes
504:perch
488:carps
484:trout
427:with
355:fjord
320:Drava
182:Basin
166:river
582:ISBN
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