The Triftsee 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
Urner
Urner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Catherine Murphy Urner (1891–1942), American composer
*Joseph Urner (1898–1987), American sculptor, painter, and etcher
*Milton Urner (1839–1926), American politician
See also
* ...
Alps
The Alps () ; german: Alpen ; it, Alpi ; rm, Alps ; sl, Alpe . are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately across seven Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Swi ...
near
Gadmen
Gadmen is a former municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
On 1 January 2014, the former municipality of Gadmen merged into the municipality of Innertkirchen. in the
canton of Berne
The canton of Bern or Berne (german: Kanton Bern; rm, Chantun Berna; french: canton de Berne; it, Canton Berna) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland. ...
,
Switzerland. It was formed recently (after 2001) by the melting of the lower part of
Trift Glacier
The Trift Glacier (german: Triftgletscher) is a long glacier (2005) in the Urner Alps near Gadmen, in the extreme east of the canton Berne in Switzerland.
Morphology
In 1973 glacier was 5.75 km long, 3 km wide at the top and around 500 m w ...
.
See also
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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 ...
References
Triftsee story on Swissduc.ch
Lakes of Switzerland
Lakes of the canton of Bern
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