4.5 Floating Materials in Lake Idro
Lake Idro is located in the subalpine district, west of Lake Garda, at an altitude of
368 m above sea level. The lake surface area is 11.03 km
2 , maximum depth about
124 m and lake volume approximately 0.85 km
3 . According to its trophic status, the
Fig. 6 Macrophytes (in green) cover map, up to 7 m depth, as estimated from MIVIS imagery
acquired on 27 June 2011
Fig. 7 The histogram bars show the height of the water column above the macrophyte bed in the
Sirmione Peninsula area (cf. Fig. 6, red box) as derived by the MIVIS data collected from 1997 to
2011. The two lines show water level fluctuation and water clarity for the same period
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Lake Idro is located in the subalpine district, west of Lake Garda, at an altitude of
368 m above sea level. The lake surface area is 11.03 km
2 , maximum depth about
124 m and lake volume approximately 0.85 km
3 . According to its trophic status, the
Fig. 6 Macrophytes (in green) cover map, up to 7 m depth, as estimated from MIVIS imagery
acquired on 27 June 2011
Fig. 7 The histogram bars show the height of the water column above the macrophyte bed in the
Sirmione Peninsula area (cf. Fig. 6, red box) as derived by the MIVIS data collected from 1997 to
2011. The two lines show water level fluctuation and water clarity for the same period
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