Ammersee

Ammersee Lake Ammer
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Location	Upper Bavaria
Coordinates	48°00′N 11°07′E / 48°N 11.117°E / 48; 11.117Coordinates: 48°00′N 11°07′E / 48°N 11.117°E / 48; 11.117
Primary  inflows	River Ammer
Primary  outflows	Amper
Catchment  area	993.0 km²
Basin  countries	Germany
Max. length	16.2 km
Max. width	5 km
Surface area	46.6 km²
Average depth	37.8 m
Max. depth	81 m
Residence time	2.7 years
Surface  elevation	520 m
Islands	Schwedeninsel
Settlements	Herrsching, Dießen am Ammersee

Ammersee is a lake in Upper Bavaria, Germany located southwest of Munich between the towns of Herrsching and Dießen am Ammersee. With a surface area of approximately 47 square kilometres (18 sq mi), it is the sixth largest lake in Germany. The lake is located at an elevation of 520 metres (1,700 ft), and has a maximum depth of 81 metres (270 ft). Like other Bavarian lakes, Ammersee developed as a result of the ice age glaciers melting. Ammersee is fed by the River Ammer which flows as Amper out of the lake. Like neighbouring Lake Starnberg, which is similar in size and shape, it is a popular location for watersports.

Ammersee and Amper are part of the ancient Celtic amber tradingroute leading to the Brenner Pass.

The word Ammer is a 13. century form of Amper, celtic *ambra, deriving from indoeuropean *ombh-, *mbh- "wet, Water".^[1]

eastern shore

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References

1. ^ Dieter Berger: Duden - Geographische Namen in Deutschland. 2nd ed., Dudenverlag, 1999, ISBN 978-3-411-06252-2.

External links

• Media related to Ammersee at Wikimedia Commons
• Nixdorf, B.; et al. (2004), "Ammersee" (in German), Dokumentation von Zustand und Entwicklung der wichtigsten Seen Deutschlands, Berlin: Umweltbundesamt, pp. 8, http://www-docs.tu-cottbus.de/gewaesserschutz/public/projekte/uba_2/11_bayern.pdf#page=8 

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