Murgseen are a group of lakes in Murgtal (Murg valley) in the
Canton of St. Gallen,
Switzerland
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. The three lakes are drained by the
Murgbach river, which empties into
Lake Walen
Lake Walen, also known as Lake Walenstadt or (), is one of the larger lakes in Switzerland. Located in the east of the country, about two thirds of its area are in the canton of St. Gallen and about one third in the canton of Glarus.
Its na ...
at Murg in the municipality of
Quarten
Quarten is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Sarganserland, in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of St. Gallen (canton), St. Gallen, Switzerland, above Lake Walensee. Besides Quarten itself, t ...
.
The three lakes are:
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Oberer Murgsee (or "Ober Murgsee", Upper lake) at an elevation of 1820 m; the largest, with a surface area of
20 ha
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Mittlerer Murgsee (or "Mittlerer Murgsee") at 1808 m
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Unterer Murgsee (or "Unter Murgsee", Lower lake) at 1682 m
External links
Lakes of Switzerland
Lakes of the canton of St. Gallen
LMurgseen
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