Inn (named Sela after Lake Sils), Fexbach, Ova dal Valhun
Primary outflows
Lake Champfèr (Inn)
Catchment area
129 km2 (50 sq mi)
Basin countries
Switzerland
Max. length
3.1 km (1.9 mi)
Max. width
1.4 km (0.87 mi)
Surface area
2.7 km2 (1.0 sq mi)
Average depth
48 m (157 ft)
Max. depth
77 m (253 ft)
Water volume
0.14 km3 (110,000 acre⋅ft)
Residence time
c. 250 days
Surface elevation
1,790.54 m (5,874.5 ft)
Settlements
Sils Maria, Silvaplana
Lake Silvaplana (German: Silvaplanersee; Romansh: Lej da Silvaplauna) is a lake in the Upper-Engadine valley of Grisons, Switzerland. It takes its name from the village of Silvaplana. The lake is also connected to the nearby Lej da Champfèr. Together with its larger neighbour, Lake Sils, it is among the largest lakes of the Grisons. Lake Silvaplana is overlooked by several mountains over 3,000 metres, notably Piz Corvatsch, Piz Julier and Piz Surlej. The lake's drainage basin culminates at Piz Corvatsch (3,451 m) and comprises several glaciers, the largest being the Vadret dal Tremoggia.
A campsite is located on the Northern end of the lake. The lake is also used heavily for sports, such as kitesurfing and windsurfing in the summertime. In the winter, once the lake freezes, it is used for cross country skiing, walking trails, and kitesurfing on snow, with the famous Engadin Skimarathon crossing the lake annually. The rare occasion of black ice also brings ice skaters to the lake.
In Ecce Homo, Friedrich Nietzsche recounts the moment he first conceived his idea of the Eternal Recurrence while walking through the woods beside Lake Silvaplana in August 1881.
View from Silvaplana towards Piz Corvatsch (left) and Piz da la Margna (right)
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doctrine struck him one day as a sudden revelation, while walking beside LakeSilvaplana in Switzerland. The first published presentation of Nietzsche's version...
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village of Sils im Engadin. The lake lies at an altitude of 1,797 metres above sea level, between Maloja Pass and LakeSilvaplana. Several mountains over 3...
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is a mountain in the Bernina Range of the Alps, overlooking Lake Sils and LakeSilvaplana in the Engadin region of the canton of Graubünden. With an elevation...
summer from 1883 to 1888 there. He often sat on a stone on the shore of LakeSilvaplana, where he came up with the idea of eternal recurrence, one of the key...
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lakes are Lake Sils, LakeSilvaplana, Lago di Poschiavo and Lake St. Moritz (all in Upper Engadin except that of Poschiavo). Artificial lakes are more...
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Surlej is a mountain in the Bernina Range of the Alps, overlooking LakeSilvaplana in the canton of Graubünden. It lies between the main Engadin valley...
of 1,820 metres (5,970 ft). The track then leads over both Lake Sils and LakeSilvaplana (which are frozen at this time of year). After passing St. Moritz...
between 650-700 AD in Lake Sils, and around 1000 AD as well as at the beginning of the 14th century in LakeSilvaplana may indicate lake level changes or ground...
Graubünden, the nearest inhabited localities on its approaches being Silvaplana and Bivio. At its summit, the pass crosses the watershed / drainage divide...
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