Water level in the western part of the Lake of Lake. lying on the border of Switzerland, Germany and Austria, is As a result of persistent drought extremely lowthe local water management office pointed out on Tuesday. According to the DPA report, TASR reports this.
The causes of the current situation in the third largest lake in Central Europe are mentioned low rainfall and insufficient snow melting in the Alps. In the mountains in the river basin of the Rhine’s last winter, less snow has occurred than usual. In the port of Mannenbach, the historic minimum measured 53 years ago is only a little higher and is significantly below the long -term average level. Other prospects are also unfavorable.
As stated by hydrologist Philemon Diggelmann of the Zurich College of Applied Sciences, the following days Expects dry weather. At the same time, there is no way to wait for a larger inflow from the melting of the snow, so the level will probably fall.
