Maltschacher See

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (December 2010) Click [show] for important translation instructions.

View a machine-translated version of the German article.
Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.
Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at [[:de:Maltschacher See]]; see its history for attribution.
You may also add the template {{Translated|de|Maltschacher See}} to the talk page.
For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

46°42′12″N 14°08′33″E / 46.70333°N 14.14250°E / 46.70333; 14.14250Basin countriesAustriaSurface area12.9 km² (5.0 sq mi)^[1]Average depth6.7 m (22 ft)^[1]Surface elevation594 m (1,949 ft)^[1]SettlementsFeldkirchen in Kärnten

Maltschacher See is a lake in Carinthia, Austria, 5 kilometers south-east of Feldkirchen in Kärnten. A swamp is located on the western side of the lake. The outflow from the lake feeds the Strußnigteich, a breeding ground where carps are grown, four kilometers southeast of the Maltschacher See.^[1]

Flora and fauna

The lake originally had a dense belt of reeds and aquatic plants. In 1975 the grass carp was introduced in the lake which destroyed both plants and reed belts. Since 1991, the grass carp is no longer observed. Fifteen fish species are presently living in the lake. The main species found are perch, bream, bleak, carp, tench and perch.^[1]