Almsee, English sometimes Lake Alm, Dagg, Anne Innis. 2011. ''Animal Friendships''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 34. is a

lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...

in Upper Austria's part of the

Salzkammergut The Salzkammergut (, ; ) is a resort area in Austria, stretching from the city of Salzburg eastwards along the Alpine Foreland and the Northern Limestone Alps to the peaks of the Dachstein Mountains. The main river of the region is the Traun (r ...

in the Almtal valley, south of the village of

Grünau im Almtal Grünau im Almtal is a village in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Geography Grünau is surrounded by mountains with a central river (Alm) that runs throughout the valley. Sport Grünau also has a passionate connection with their local f ...

. The lake lies in the northern portion of the

Totes Gebirge The Totes Gebirge, also known in English as the Dead Mountains, is a mountain range in Austria that forms part of the Northern Limestone Alps, lying between the Salzkammergut and the Ennstaler Alpen. The name ''Totes Gebirge'' is supposedly der ...

mountains and is about by wide. The lake drains through the Alm River. Since 1965, the area around the Almsee is under nature conservation.

Konrad Lorenz Konrad Zacharias Lorenz (Austrian ; 7 November 1903 – 27 February 1989) was an Austrian zoology, zoologist, ethology, ethologist, and ornithologist. He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Karl von ...

made important observations of the

greylag goose The greylag goose (''Anser anser'') is a species of large goose in the waterfowl family Anatidae and the type species of the genus ''Anser (bird), Anser''. It has mottled and barred grey and white plumage and an orange beak and pink legs. A lar ...

at the lake. Near the lake is Hubertihaus, a hunting lodge of the

House of Hanover The House of Hanover ( ) is a European royal house with roots tracing back to the 17th century. Its members, known as Hanoverians, ruled Hanover, Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Empire at various times during the 17th to 20th centurie ...

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