Eibsee
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| Eibsee | |
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| View of the lake Eibsee from the Zugspitze | |
| Location | Bavaria |
| Coordinates | 47°27′28″N 10°58′23″E / 47.45778°N 10.97306°ECoordinates: 47°27′28″N 10°58′23″E / 47.45778°N 10.97306°E |
| Primary inflows | Kotbach, Weiterbach |
| Catchment area | 13.39 km² |
| Basin countries | Germany |
| Max. length | 3.15 km |
| Max. width | 0.56 km |
| Surface area | 177.4 ha |
| Average depth | 12.2 m |
| Max. depth | 35.4 m |
| Water volume | 21,610,000 m3 (763,000,000 cu ft) |
| Shore length1 | 8.06 km |
| Surface elevation | 973.28 m |
| Islands | 8 (Almbichl, Ludwigsinsel, Scheibeninsel, Maximiliansinsel, Schönbichl, Braxeninsel, Sasseninsel, Steinbichl) |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Eibsee is a lake in Bavaria, Germany, 9km southwest of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and roughly 100km southwest of Munich. At an elevation of 973.28 m, its surface area is 177.4 ha. Eibsee lies at the base of the Zugspitze (2950 meters above sea level), Germany's highest mountain.
As of May 2010, trains from Munich to Garmisch-Partenkirchen leave roughly once an hour and the trip takes about an hour and a half[1]. Buses travel regularly from the train station in Garmisch-Partenkirchen to Eibsee[2]. A valid train ticket can often be used to ride the bus[3].
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[edit] References
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
- ^ http://www.bahn.de
- ^ http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkehrsgemeinschaft_Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- ^ http://www.bahn.de/regional/view/regionen/bayern/freizeit/bayernticket.shtml
[edit] External links
- Nixdorf, B.; et al. (2004), "Ebisee" (in German), Dokumentation von Zustand und Entwicklung der wichtigsten Seen Deutschlands, Berlin: Umweltbundesamt, pp. 23, http://www-docs.tu-cottbus.de/gewaesserschutz/public/projekte/uba_2/11_bayern.pdf#page=23
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