Lej da la Tscheppa
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Lej da la Tscheppa is a lake
above Sils-Maria, in the Engadin
valley of the Grisons, Switzerland
. Its surface area is 7.96 ha
at an elevation of 2616 m. It used to be fed by water from the Crasta-Tscheppa Glacier (melted in 2003).
Lake
A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...
above Sils-Maria, in the Engadin
Engadin
The Engadin or Engadine is a long valley in the Swiss Alps located in the canton of Graubünden in southeast Switzerland. It follows the route of the Inn River from its headwaters at Maloja Pass running northeast until the Inn flows into Austria one hundred kilometers downstream...
valley of the Grisons, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. Its surface area is 7.96 ha
1 E4 m²
To help compare orders of magnitude of different areas, areas between 1 hectare and 10 hectares are listed below.* Areas smaller than 1 hectare* 1 hectare is equal to:** 1 E+4 m² or 10,000 m²** 100 ares** 108,000 square feet...
at an elevation of 2616 m. It used to be fed by water from the Crasta-Tscheppa Glacier (melted in 2003).