Schweriner See

Schweriner See
Location	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Coordinates	53°38′N 11°28′E
Lake type	eutrophic
Primary outflows	Wallensteingraben, Störkanal
Basin countries	Germany
Max. length	21 km
Max. width	6 km
Surface area	61.54 km²
Average depth	12.8 m
Max. depth	52.4 m
Residence time	10.1 years
Surface elevation	37.6 m
Settlements	Schwerin, Bad Kleinen

The Schweriner See is a lake in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northern Germany. It was named after the city Schwerin, on its southwestern shore. The smaller town Bad Kleinen is on the north shore of the lake. Its surface is approximately 61.54 km² and its maximum depth is 52.4 metres. The natural outflow of the lake is the (channelized) river Stör, a tributary of the Elde, and part of the Elbe watershed. The Wallensteingraben, a 16th century canal, connects the lake with the Baltic Sea at Wismar.

External links

• Media related to Schweriner See at Wikimedia Commons
• Nixdorf, B.; et al. (2004), "Schweriner See" (in German), Dokumentation von Zustand und Entwicklung der wichtigsten Seen Deutschlands, Berlin: Umweltbundesamt, pp. 265, http://www-docs.tu-cottbus.de/gewaesserschutz/public/projekte/uba_2/02_meck_pom.pdf#page=265