Lake Laach

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News: More than 1,000 minor earthquakes have revealed the presence of a deep, inclined magma reservoir beneath Germany’s Lake Laach volcano. 

About Lake Laach

 Lake Laach
Source: Earth
  • Location: It is a volcanic caldera lake located in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
  • It is also known as Laacher See.
  • Its water is blue in colour, very cold and bitter to the taste. 
  • It has no natural outlet.
  • Area: It covers an area of approximately 3.3 km² and has a maximum depth of about 53 m.
  • Formation: It was formed in the caldera of a volcano that erupted around 13,000 years ago.
    • It is part of the East Eifel volcanic field, which forms a section of the larger Volcanic Eifel region in western Germany. 
    • Traces of volcanic activity can still be found in the form of volcanic outgassing, the so-called mofettes, on the eastern shore of the lake.
    • These mofettes are rising carbon dioxide and illustrate the volcanic history of the lake. 
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