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Lej Nair (literally "black lake" in Romansh) is a small 
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
on Bernina Pass
The Bernina Pass (el. .) ( it, Passo del Bernina) is a high mountain pass in the Bernina Range of the Alps, in the canton of Graubünden (Grisons) in eastern Switzerland. It connects the famous resort town of St. Moritz in the Engadin valley ...
in the canton of Grisons
The Grisons () or Graubünden,Names include:
*german: (Kanton) Graubünden ;
* Romansh:
** rm, label= Sursilvan, (Cantun) Grischun
** rm, label=Vallader, (Chantun) Grischun
** rm, label= Puter, (Chantun) Grischun
** rm, label=Surmiran, (Cant ...
, Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. It is located near the summit of the pass, between Lago Bianco ("white lake") and Lej Pitschen
Lej may refer to:
Places
* Ləj, a village and municipality in the Lankaran Rayon of Azerbaijan
* Lej, Iran, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), an Islamist militant organization.
* Leipzig/Halle Airport, a publ ...
("small lake"). While Lago Bianco drains to the Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula. The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto (where it connects to the Ionian Sea) to t ...
, Lej Nair and Lej Pitschen
Lej may refer to:
Places
* Ləj, a village and municipality in the Lankaran Rayon of Azerbaijan
* Lej, Iran, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), an Islamist militant organization.
* Leipzig/Halle Airport, a publ ...
are part of the basin of the Inn River
, image = UnterinntalWest.JPG
, image_caption = Lower Inn valley from Rattenberg castle
, source1_location = Swiss Alps (Lägh dal Lunghin)
, source1_elevation =
, source1_coordinates=
, mouth_location = Danube (Passau)
, mo ...
draining into the Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Roma ...
.
See also
*List of mountain lakes of Switzerland
This is a list of high-altitude lakes in Switzerland. It includes all significant lakes, natural or artificial, with an area over 4 hectares and a height over 800 metres above sea level. This height approximately corresponds to the transiti ...
External links
* Lakes of Switzerland Lakes of Graubünden St. Moritz {{Graubünden-lake-stub