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Võrtsjärv
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thumb|Location in Estonia Võrtsjärv ( ; English: Lake Võrts, ) is a lake in southern Estonia with an area of 270 km² (104 mi²).
Key facts
- Body of water.name
- Võrtsjärv
- Body of water.image
- Rõngu jõe suue 2007.jpg
- Body of water.caption
- Võrtsjärv by a river mouth near Rõngu
- Body of water.location
- Estonia
- Body of water.inflow
- Väike EmajõgiTänassilmaÕhneTarvastu
- Body of water.outflow
- Emajõgi
- Body of water.basin_countries
- Estonia, Latvia
- Body of water.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Europe##Location within the Baltic Sea region##Location within Estonia
- Body of water.pushpin_map
- Europe#Baltic Sea#Estonia
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lake
- Country
- Estonia
- Located in
- Tõrva Rural Municipality
- Area
- 269.19
- Elevation
- 33
- Image
- Voerts.jpg
- Width
- 14.8
- Length
- 34.8
- Perimeter
- 130.48
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- outflows
- Emajõgi
- Commons category
- Võrtsjärv
- inflows
- Tarvastu River
- basin country
- Estonia
- residence time of water
- 1
- vertical depth
- 6
- volume as quantity
- 750000000
- watershed area
- 3380
- native label
- Võrtsjärv
Sources (6)
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Ecology
- Tourism
- References
- External links
thumb|Location in Estonia Võrtsjärv ( ; English: Lake Võrts, ) is a lake in southern Estonia with an area of 270 km² (104 mi²).
It is the second-largest lake in Estonia (after Lake Peipus), and it is the largest lake entirely within Estonia. The shallow lake is 33.7 m (111 ft) above sea level. The Emajõgi River flows from Võrtsjärv to Lake Peipus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Võrtsjärv” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
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