Lake Bohinj - Slovenia

Basic Information
Site Name
Lake Bohinj
Short name
Bohinj
Country
Slovenia
Site Manager
Alenka Gaberščik
Mateja Germ
Site Description
Lake Bohinj is of tectonic-glacial origin and was transformed by the Bohinj glacier. Its surface area is 3.28 km 2 , its volumeWeather conditions and chlorophyll concentrations determine long-term macrophyte community dynamics of Lake...92.5 × 10 6 m 3 and its maximum depth 45 m. It is located at an altitude of 525 m a.s.l. and issurrounded by mountains that are up to 2000 m high. Lake Bohinj is conditioned by the main inflow from River Savica and by several karst springs from the base of Mount Komarča and has a single outflow, River Sava Bohinjka. The residence time of the water in Lake Bohinj is about 4 months, which means that the total volume of the water in Lake Bohinj changes three times a year. The surrounding watershed ...
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Last modified
2025-01-07 11:01:56

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1990
Observed properties
water parameterecosystem parameterdissolvedorganicnitrogendissolvedorganicphosphoruselectricalconductivitylakelevellaketemperaturenitrogencontentoxygenconcentrationoxygensaturationrainfallvariabilityrivertemperaturesnowcoverwaterlevelwatertemperaturewatertransparencyalgaespeciesabundancealgaespeciespresenceammoniumcontentammoniumnitrateconcentrationammoniumnitrogencontentbryophytescoverbryophytespresencebryophytesspeciescoverageplantspeciescompositionplantspeciespresenceplantspeciesrichness
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
EUROPARC✖The affiliation of this site with "EUROPARC" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
EuroMAB✖The affiliation of this site with "EuroMAB" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
LTER Slovenia✔ (LTER_EU_SI_XX)This site is a verified "LTER Slovenia" member.
Photos
Ukanc bay, Dragan Abram
Ukanc bay, Dragan Abram
Geographic
500 m
2000 ft
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 46.28332 Longitude: 13.858135

Size
ca. 330.00ha
Elevation (average)
525.00msl
Elevation (min)
525.00msl
Elevation (max)
525.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water lakes
Biome
Alpine
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Alpine
Forest
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Lakes
Fresh Water Lakes
Rivers
Small rivers
Biogeographical Region
Alpine Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Inland surface waters (C)
Inland surface waters (C) » Surface standing waters (C1)
Inland surface waters (C) » Surface standing waters (C1) » Permanent oligotrophic lakes, ponds and pools (C1.1)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
8.00°C
Precipitation Annual
2200.00mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
not applicable
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Permanent Operation
No
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Regular