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Lakes: Almost all Austrian lakes are glacial lakes which were formed by glacial erosion of glaciers of the Ice Age and the damming of melting waters through moraines and other erosion deposits; Lake Constance was formed by the Rhine Glacier, the lakes of the Salzkammergut District (more than 40 lakes) by the Traun Glacier. Other lake districts can be found in Carinthia and in the Flachgau region belonging to the province of Salzburg. Many of the lakes existing today consist of what remained of much larger glacial lakes. Lake Neusiedl is a steppe lake, which was also formed in the Ice Age through the eroding and depositing activities of the forerunners of present-day rivers.


Lakes in Austria (2+ km2 in area)
Area (km2) Altitude
(m)
Depth
(m)
Lake Constance (Vorarlberg)* 538.5 396 252
Lake Neusiedl (Burgenland)** 285.0 115 1.8
Attersee (Upper Austria) 45.9 469 169
Traunsee (Upper Austria) 24.5 423 191
Wörther See (Carinthia) 19.3 440 85
Mondsee (Upper Austria, Salzburg) 14.2 481 68
Wolfgangsee (Salzburg, Upper Austria) 13.5 538 114
Millstätter See (Carinthia) 13.3 588 140
Ossiacher See (Carinthia) 10.6 502 52
Hallstätter See (Upper Austria) 8.4 508 125
Achensee (Tirol) 6.8 929 133
Weißensee (Carinthia) 6.4 929 97
Wallersee (Salzburg) 6.4 505 23
Obertrumer See (Salzburg) 4.9 503 35
Zeller See (Salzburg) 4.7 750 68
Grundlsee (Styria) 4.2 708 64
Mattsee (Upper Austria) 3.6 503 40
Irrsee (Upper Austria) 3.5 553 32
Plansee (Tirol) 2.8 976 76
Fuschlsee (Salzburg) 2.7 664 66
Faaker See (Carinthia) 2.2 555 30
Altausseer See (Styria) 2.1 712 53
*Approx. 24 km2 in Austria; the border between Austria, Germany and 
Switzerland is not defined exactly
**220 km2 (incl. reed belt) in Austria



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