Geography
Lago di Comabbio is a
lake in the
Province of Varese
The province of Varese ( it, provincia di Varese) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Varese (population of 80,857 inhabitants), but its largest city is Busto Arsizio. The head ...
,
Lombardy
Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...
,
Italy. At an elevation of , its surface area is .
Once it was part of the
Lake of Varese
Varese Lake ( it, Lago di Varese) 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 Wo ...
, but now the two lakes are connected just by an artificial channel, which is even one of its greatest
emissaries.
Wildlife
In the lake it is forbidden to use motor boats, and thanks to this the growth of the wild life was possible.
The lake hosts different species of fishes such as:
pikes,
bluegill
The bluegill (''Lepomis macrochirus''), sometimes referred to as "bream", "brim", "sunny", or "copper nose" as is common in Texas, is a species of North American freshwater fish, native to and commonly found in streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and ...
s,
craps and
Tenches. Experts thinks that in the next years the
fauna of this
lake will be in serious danger, because of the most likely arrival of one of the most lethal
predators
Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill the ...
in northern Italy: the
Wels catfish. Who is yet causing serious problems in other lakes and
rivers in
northern Italy
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such as:
Lake Maggiore,
Lake Iseo and also in
Po River
The Po ( , ; la, Padus or ; Ligurian language (ancient), Ancient Ligurian: or ) is the longest river in Italy. It flows eastward across northern Italy starting from the Cottian Alps. The river's length is either or , if the Maira (river), Mair ...
.
Lakes of Lombardy
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