Lake Balaton

E31666

freshwater lake lake tourist destination

Lake Balaton is a major Central European freshwater lake in western Hungary, renowned as a popular tourist and recreation destination.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	freshwater lake → lake → tourist destination →
adjacentTo	Balaton Uplands →
averageDepth	about 3.2 metres →
basinCountry	Hungary →
country	Hungary →
elevationAboveSeaLevel	about 104.8 metres →
freezesInWinter	sometimes →
hasActivity	cycling around the lake → fishing → windsurfing →
hasIsland	Tihany Peninsula →
hasResortTown	Balatonalmádi → Balatonfüred → Balatonlelle → Fonyód → Keszthely → Siófok → Zamárdi →
inflow	Zala River →
knownFor	recreation → sailing → swimming → tourism → wine regions →
largestLakeIn	Central Europe → Hungary →
length	about 77 kilometres → approximately 48 miles →
locatedIn	western Hungary →
locatedInRegion	Central Europe → Transdanubia →
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Time →
locatedNear	Balatonfüred → Keszthely → Siófok → Tihany →
locatedOnContinent	Europe →
maximumDepth	about 12.2 metres →
maximumWidth	about 14 kilometres → approximately 9 miles →
nickname	Hungarian Sea →
outflow	Sió Canal →
partOf	Danube drainage basin →
shoreLength	about 235 kilometres →
surfaceArea	about 592 square kilometres → approximately 228 square miles →
waterType	freshwater →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
M7 motorway →	connects
Central Transdanubia →	hasMajorLake
Hungary →	largestLake
Central Transdanubia →	locatedBetween
Operation Spring Awakening ("Lake Balaton region") →	location
2017 World Aquatics Championships →	openWaterSwimmingVenue
M7 motorway →	passesNear