Müritzsee is a

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 ...

in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district of

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...

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. At an elevation of 62.1 m, its surface area is 112.63 km².Nixdorf B, Hemm M, Hoffmann A, Richter P (2004) Dokumentation von Zustand und Entwicklung der wichtigsten Seen Deutschlands. Abschlussbericht, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus, Umweltbundesamt, Postfach 33 00 22, 14191 Berlin, URL https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/ sites/default/files/medien/publikation/long/2738.pdf, Forschungsbericht 299 24 274, UBA- FB 000511

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Lakes of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania {{MecklenburgischeSeenplatte-geo-stub