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Lake Varese

Field	Value
name	Varese Lake
Lago di Varese
image	Lagodivarese02.jpg
location	Province of Varese, Lombardy
coords
type	Natural freshwater lake
outflow	Bardello
catchment	112 km2
pushpin_map	Italy Lombardy
basin_countries	Italy
length	8.6 km
width	3.1 km
area	14.5 km2
depth	11 m
max-depth	23 m
residence_time	1.8 years
elevation	238 m
cities	Varese, Biandronno (village), Gavirate (village)

Lago di Varese | max-depth = 23 m Varese Lake () is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, in the north of Italy. It has an area of 14.5 km², a medium depth of 11 m, and a maximum depth of 23 m.

It hosted the Canoeing European Championships in 2012, the World Rowing Master Regatta in 2013, the World Rowing Under 23 Championships in 2014, the second Canoeing World Championship in 2015 and the World Rowing Under 23 / Under 19 Championships in 2022.

Formation

The birth of Lake Varese dates back to about 15,000 years ago, at the same time as that of nearby Lake Maggiore, when the retreat of the Verbano glacier created the large basin in which the city and its lake are located today, which at the time had a much larger surface and included much of the surrounding lakes.

The Waters

The lake is currently (since 2015) not suitable for swimming.

Flora and Fauna

Flora

Lying between the basins of Lake Varese and Lake Comabbio, the Palude Brabbia, covering 459 hectares, is a nature reserve that protects one of the best-preserved examples of lowland peat bog. The swamp is an alternation of areas covered by dense aquatic vegetation, with large reeds, willows and alders, sometimes open water, the so-called clear, small bodies of water with a regular shape. Since 1994, the management of the reserve has been entrusted to Lipu.

Fauna

There are about 170 species of birds that frequent the area of Lake Varese. Among the most difficult to meet there are some species of ducks such as the Tufted Duck and Gadwall or herons such as the Bittern and the Purple Heron.

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

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