Although Austria does not have access to any of the oceans and seas, it has many lakes due to the climate of the central European regions, high mountains and rivers.
Names and characteristics of lakes in Austria:
Lake Constance (Bodensee)
- Location: Vorarlberg
- Area: 536 km2 => first largest lake
- Max depth: 251 m
Lake Neusiedl (Neusiedler See)
- Location: Burgenland
- Area: 315 km2 => second largest lake
- Max depth: 1.8 m (!)
Lake Atter (Attersee Lake, Kammersee)
- Location: Salzburg, Upper Austria, Salzkammergut
- Area: 46.2 km2 => third largest lake
- Max depth: 169 m
Lake Traun (Traunsee)
- Location: Upper Austria, Salzkammergut
- Area: 24.35 km2
- Max depth: 191 m
Lake Wörth (Wörthersee)
- Location: Carinthia
- Area: 19.4 km2
- Max depth: 85.2 m
Moon lake (Mondsee)
- Location: Salzburg, Upper Austria, Salzkammergut
- Area: 14.2 km2
- Max depth: 68 m
Lake Wolfgang (Wolfgangsee)
- Location: Salzburg, Upper Austria, Salzkammergut
- Area: 13 km2
- Max depth: 114 m
Lake Ossiach (Ossiacher See)
- Location: Carinthia, Villach
- Area: 10.8 km2
- Max depth: 52.6 m
Lake Hallstatt (Hallstätter See)
- Location: Upper Austria, Salzkammergut, Hallstatt
- Area: 8.55 km2
- Max depth: 125 m
Lake Achen (Achensee)
- Location: Tirol, Jenbach
- Area: 6.8 km2
- Max depth: 133 m
White lake (Weißensee)
- Location: Carinthia, Spittal an der Drau
- Area: 6.5 km2
- Max depth: 99 m
Obertrum lake (Obertrumer See)
- Location: Salzburg, Obertrum
- Area: 4.88 km2
- Max depth: 36 m
Lake Zell (Zeller See)
- Location: SalzburgerLand, Zell am See
- Area: 4.55 km2
- Max depth: 69.8 m
Lake Grundl (Grundlsee)
- Location: Styria, Salzkammergut
- Area: 4.14 km2
- Max depth: 62 m
Matt lake (Mattsee, Niedertrumer See)
- Location: Salzburg
- Area: 3.58 km2
- Max depth: 42 m
Lake Faak (Faaker See)
- Location: Carinthia, Salzkammergut
- Area: 2.2 km2
- Max depth: 29.5 m
Lake Altausseer (Altausseer See)
- Location: Styria, Salzkammergut
- Area: 2.1 km2
- Max depth: 73 m
Graben lake (Grabensee)
- Location: Salzburg
- Area: 1.3 km2
- Max depth: 14 m
Lake Alm (Almsee)
- Location: Upper Austria, Salzkammergut
- Area: 0.85 km2
- Max depth: 9 m
Lake Erlauf (Erlaufsee)
- Location: Styria, Mariazell
- Area: 0.58 km2
- Max depth: 38 m
Lake Toplitz (Toplitzsee)
- Location: Styria, Salzkammergut
- Area: 0.54 km2
- Max depth: 103 m
Oedensee (Ödensee)
- Location: Styria, Pichl-Kainisch
- Area: 0.2 km2
- Max depth: 19 m
Lake Putter (Putterersee)
- Location: Styria, Aigen im Ennstal
- Area: 0.13 km2
- Max depth: 8 m
Green lake (Grüner See)
- Location: Styria, Tragöß
- Area: 0.065 km2
- Max depth: 10 m
Black lake (Schwarzensee, Tauplitz)
- Location: Styria, Tauplitzalm, Totes Gebirge
- Area: 0.053 km2
- Max depth: 15 m
Woodpecker lake (Spechtensee)
- Location: Styria, Totes Gebirge
- Area: 0.03 km2
- Max depth: 11 m
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