Lago di Posta Fibreno is an Italian
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
located in
Posta Fibreno, a municipality of the
Province of Frosinone
The Province of Frosinone ( it, Provincia di Frosinone) is a province in the Lazio region of Italy, with 91 ''comuni'' (singular: ''comune''; see Comuni of the Province of Frosinone). Its capital is the city of Frosinone. It has an area of ...
,
Lazio
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. At an elevation of 288 m, its surface area is 0.287 km
2. The lake is in a
karstic terrain and rich in underwater springs.
[Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008]
''Salmo fibreni''
In:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. Downloaded on 18 May 2010.
Fauna
The lake of Posta Fibreno is home to the
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
Fibreno trout (''
Salmo fibreni''), along with the more widespread Mediterranean trout (''
Salmo cettii'').
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References
Lakes of Lazio
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