Lake Laach

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More than 1,000 tiny earthquakes have exposed a deeper, slanted reservoir beneath Germany’s Lake Laach volcano, not the vertical body scientists expected.

About Lake Laach

• Lake Laach, also known as Laacher See, is a volcanic caldera lake located in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
• With around 3.3 sq.km. and a depth of 53 m, it is the largest lake in Rhineland-Palatinate. 
• It is part of the East Eifel volcanic field within the larger volcanic Eifel region. 
• The lake is oval in shape and surrounded by high banks. 
• It was formed by a massive volcanic eruption around 13,000 years ago. 
• 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. 
  • Small bubbles rise up in the water – these so-called mofettes are rising carbon dioxide and illustrate the volcanic history of the lake.  
• The lake has no natural outlet but is drained by a tunnel dug before 1170 and rebuilt several times since.

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