Laudachsee is a
lake
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between the mountains in the
Upper Austria
Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, a ...
n part of the
Salzkammergut and neighbour to the larger
Traunsee. Beside are the mountains
Traunstein
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and
Grünberg.
In the summer the lake reaches about + 20 °C. It drains through
Laudach
Laudach is a river in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. The river reaches a length of . The Laudach is a left and the main tributary of the Alm.
The longer Äußere (outer) Laudach is the output of the Laudachsee in Gmunden. It passes the ar ...
,
Alm,
Traun into the
Danube
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.
Laudachsee
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