Obersee (Lake Constance)
The Obersee (German for "Upper Lake"), also known as Upper Lake Constance, is the much larger of the two parts of Lake Constance, the other part being the Untersee ("Lower Lake").
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View at dusk of the Winterstaude on Lake Constance's Obersee | |
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| Location | Tripoint of Germany, Austria and Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 47°37′N 9°26′E |
| Primary inflows | Alpine Rhine, Bregenzer Ach, Argen, Alter Rhein (Fußacher Durchstich), Schussen, Dornbirner Ach, Seefelder Aach, Rotach, Stockacher Aach and smaller streams |
| Primary outflows | Seerhein |
| Max. length | 63 kilometres (39 mi) |
| Max. width | 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) |
| Surface area | 472 square kilometres (182 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 101 metres (331 ft) |
| Max. depth | 251 metres (823 ft) |
| Water volume | 47.6 cubic kilometres (11.4 cu mi) |
| Shore length1 | 186 kilometres (116 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 395.33 metres (1,297.0 ft) |
| Islands | Lindau, Mainau |
| Settlements | Überlingen, Meersburg, Friedrichshafen, Lindau, Bregenz, Rorschach, Konstanz |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
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