Lago di Garda - Italy

Basic Information
Site Name
Lago di Garda
Short name
IT08-005-A
Country
Italy
Web Address
LIMNO
LTER-Italy website
Operating Organisation
Fondazione Edmund Mach
Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA) - CNR
Site Manager
Nico Salmaso
Funding Agency
Fondazione Edmund Mach
Site Description
Lake Garda has the largest volume (49 billions of cubic meters) and the most extensive area (368 km2) of Italian lakes. Along with lakes Orta, Maggiore, Lugano, Como, Iseo and Idro, it forms part of the group of deep lakes located south of the Alps in one of the most densely populated and highly productive area of Italy. With a total volume of over 124 billions of cubic meters, these lakes constitute one of the largest freshwater supplies in Europe. Their waters are used for agriculture, industry, fishery and drinking. Moreover, they are an important resource for recreation and tourism thanks to both attractive landscape and water quality. In Lake Garda, sporadic studies were carried out irregularly by various Institutions up ...
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2025-01-07 11:01:56

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1991
Observed properties
water parameterecosystem parameterremote sensing parameterbiological parameterchemical parameteratmospheric parameterenvironmental parameterphysical parameterammoniumcontentammoniumnitrogencontentavailablephosphoruschlorophyllcontentofwaterconductivitylakelevellaketemperatureoxygenconcentrationoxygensaturationpotentialevaporationsecchidepthsuspendedsolidswateralbedowatercolourwaterlevelwaterqualitywaterreflectancewatertemperaturewatertransparencyalgaespeciesabundancealgaespeciespresenceammoniumcontentammoniumnitrogencontentbacillariophyceaeabundancebacillariophyceaebiomassbacillariophyceaebiovolumebacillariophyceaepresencebacillariophyceaespeciesrichnessbacterialdiversityphytoplanktonabundancephytoplanktonbiomassplantcoverplantdensityvegetationreflectancediffusereflectanceincomingradiationintensityreflectedradiationintensitywateralbedobiologicaldiversityplantcoverpopulationstructurechlorophyllacontentinwatersuspendedsolidswaterturbiditysolarradiationlandsurfacetemperatureheatflux
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
LTER Italia (Italy)✔ (LTER_EU_IT_044)This site is a verified "LTER Italia (Italy)" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Projects
Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC)
Photos
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Geographic
MarkerMarker
300 km
200 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 45.5806 Longitude: 10.6205

Size
ca. 36800.00ha
Elevation (average)
65.00msl
Elevation (min)
100.00msl
Elevation (max)
3556.00msl
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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
Fresh Water Lakes
Ecosystem Type
Lakes
Fresh Water Lakes
Large lakes
Biogeographical Region
Continental Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Inland surface waters (C)
Inland surface waters (C) » Surface standing waters (C1)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
13.50°C
Precipitation Annual
1144.10mm
Geology
The drainage basin covers 2260 km2 (including the lake), most of which is formed by sedimentary rocks (limestones, dolomites, marly and dolomitic limestones, morainic and fluvial deposits). Igneous (granites, granodiorites, quartz diorites, quartz porphyries) and metamorphic rocks (quartz phyllites, mica schists and paragneisses) are abundant only in a limited area of the northwestern part of the drainage basin. The catchment area is mainly alpine with about 28 km2 covered by glaciers, reaching a maximum altitude of 3556 m a.s.l. (M. Presanella).
Hydrology
The main inflow is River Sarca, at the northern end of the lake; other tributaries are of less importance and mainly flow towards the western and northern shores. The outflow is River Mincio, with a discharge of about 58 m3/s
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot without link to explicit catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Unstructured file
Equipment notes
Lodging in the touristic reception facilities
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
boat
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
30
General Data Policy
The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Regular
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
1 activities in total:
Lago di Garda - Italy - atmospheric parameter, direct radiation intensity, net solar radiation irradiance, solar radiation, chemical parameter, chlorophyll a content in water, suspended solids, water turbidity, ecosystem parameter, algae species presence,
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