This MedLibrary.org supplementary page on Oeschinen Lake is provided directly from the open source Wikipedia as a service to our readers. Please see the note below on authorship of this content, as well as the Wikipedia usage guidelines. To search for other content from our encyclopedia supplement, please use the form below:
Related Sponsors
| Oeschinen Lake | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Location | Bernese Oberland |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Lake type | oligotrophic, holomictic |
| Primary inflows | Berglibach, Heubergbach, Lägerbach, Oeschinenbach |
| Primary outflows | underground |
| Catchment area | 22 km² |
| Basin countries | Switzerland |
| Max. length | 1.6 km |
| Max. width | 1 km |
| Surface area | 1.1147 km² |
| Average depth | 34 m |
| Max. depth | 56 m |
| Residence time (of lake water) | 1.61 years |
| Surface elevation | 1,578 m |
| Frozen | December to May |
Oeschinen Lake (German: Oeschinensee) is a lake in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, 4 km east of Kandersteg in the Oeschinen valley. At an elevation of 1,578 m, it has a surface area of 1.1147 km². Its maximum depth is 56 m.
The lake is fed through a series of mountain creeks and drains underground. The water then re-surfaces as the Oeschibach. Part of it is captured for electricity production and as water supply for Kandersteg.
In observations from 1931 to 1965, the elevation of the lake surface varied between 1,566.09 m and 1,581.9 m. The average seasonal variation was 12.2 m (September/April).
The lake is generally frozen during five months, from December to May.
Fish in the lake include arctic char (Seesaibling), lake trout (Kanadische Seeforelle), rainbow trout (Regenbogenforelle). From January to March, ice fishing is popular.
A chair lift from Kandersteg leads to Oeschinen, 20 minutes by foot from the lake.
Since 2007 the lake is part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn UNESCO World Heritage Site.
References
- Fischerei im Oeschinensee (German) (French)
- Niklaus, Markus (1967), Geomorphologische und Limnologische Untersuchungen am Oeschinensee, Thun: Ott (German)
External links
Wikipedia content modification information:
- This page was last modified on 28 September 2008, at 20:32.
Wikipedia Authorship and Review
Wikipedia content provided here is not reviewed directly by MedLibrary.org. Wikipedia content is authored by an open community of volunteers and is not produced by or in any way affiliated with MedLibrary.org.
Wikipedia Usage Guidelines
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article on "Oeschinen Lake".
The URL for this specific entry is:
All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details). Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.