Großer Priepertsee Explained

Großer Priepertsee
Location:Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Pushpin Map:Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Coords:53.2263°N 13.0416°W
Inflow:River Havel
Outflow:River Havel
Basin Countries:Germany

Großer Priepertsee is a lake in the Mecklenburg Lake District, in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It is in the district of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte.

The lake has an elevation of and a surface area of .

The navigable River Havel flows the length of the Großer Priepertsee, entering it directly from the connecting Wangnitzsee to the north, and leaving it at Priepert via a 0.6km (00.4miles) long channel to the Ellbogensee to the south. Navigation is administered as part of the Obere–Havel–Wasserstraße.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Sheffield, Barry . Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson . . Inland Waterways of Germany . 1995 . 106–108 . 0-85288-283-1 .
  2. Web site: Wasser- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes . Hauptstrecken Abkürzungen . German . Main route abbreviations . 2011-02-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719114520/http://www.wsv.de/wasserstrassen/gliederung_bundeswasserstrassen/haupstrecken_abkuerzungen/index.html . 2011-07-19 .