Lake Sils
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| Lake Sils Silsersee Lej da Segl |
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| Location | Engadin, Grisons |
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| Primary inflows | Inn, Aua da Fedoz |
| Primary outflows | Inn (named Sela until Lake Silvaplana) |
| Basin countries | Switzerland |
| Max. length | 5 km |
| Surface area | 4.1 km² |
| Average depth | 35 m |
| Max. depth | 71 m |
| Water volume | 137 mio m³ |
| Residence time (of lake water) | 2.2 years |
| Surface elevation | 1,797 m |
| Islands | Chaviolas (islet) |
| Settlements | Sils, Maloja |
Lake Sils (German Silsersee, Romansh: Lej da Segl) is a lake in the Upper Engadine valley, Grisons, Switzerland. It takes its name from the village of Sils im Engadin.
The wooded Chasté peninsula extends into the lake at its north-eastern end. At the end of the peninsula there is a plaque to Friedrich Nietzsche with a passage from Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
[edit] External links
The Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lake Sils.- Lakes of the Upper Engadine valley in Romansh, German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Waterlevels of Lake Sils at Sils Baselgia
