Lake Bohinj

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glacial lake natural lake

Lake Bohinj is the largest permanent lake in Slovenia, a glacial lake renowned for its clear waters and scenic setting within the Julian Alps and Triglav National Park.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Bohinj 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacial lake ⓘ
natural lake ⓘ
climate alpine climate ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Slovenia ⓘ
drainageBasin Sava Bohinjka River ⓘ
surface form: Sava Bohinjka

Sava River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 526 m ⓘ
formedBy glacial activity ⓘ
hasFeature forested shores ⓘ
mountain backdrop ⓘ
pebble beaches ⓘ
hasNearbyAttraction Savica Waterfall ⓘ
Vogel cable car ⓘ
isLargest largest permanent lake in Slovenia ⓘ
knownFor clear waters ⓘ
mountain scenery ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
scenic landscape ⓘ
languageOfToponym Slovene ⓘ
length approximately 4.2 km ⓘ
locatedIn Bohinj Valley ⓘ
Julian Alps ⓘ
Triglav National Park ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Municipality of Bohinj ⓘ
locatedInProtectedAreaSince 1961 ⓘ
maximumDepth approximately 45 m ⓘ
nearbyMountain Pršivec ⓘ
Mount Triglav ⓘ
surface form: Triglav

Vogel ⓘ
nearbySettlement Ribčev Laz ⓘ
Ukanc ⓘ
partOf Duchy of Carniola ⓘ
surface form: Upper Carniola
popularActivity boating ⓘ
canoeing ⓘ
cycling ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
swimming ⓘ
primaryInflow Savica River NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryOutflow Jezernica River NERFINISHED ⓘ
protectedArea Triglav National Park ⓘ
surfaceArea approximately 3.18 km² ⓘ
tourismType eco-tourism ⓘ
nature tourism ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ
width approximately 1 km ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Triglav National Park → contains → Lake Bohinj ⓘ
Slovenia → lake → Lake Bohinj ⓘ
Julian Alps → majorLake → Lake Bohinj ⓘ
Triglav National Park → near → Lake Bohinj ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bohinj