Müritzsee is a

lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...

in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district of

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its Anglicisation, anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a Federated state, state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's States of Germany, sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpom ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. 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 The Umweltbundesamt (; UBA, ) is the environment agency of the German government. Together with the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management, and the Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz ( ...

, 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

References

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