BALATON (PLATTENSEE)

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BALATON (PLATTENSEE) , the largest lake of middle Europe, in the

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

-west of

Hungary

HUNGARY
HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

, situated between the counties of Veszprem, Zala and Somogy. Its length is 48 m.,

average

AVERAGE

breadth 3z to 41 m., greatest breadth 72 m., least breadth a little less than i m. It covers 266 sq. m. and has an extreme

depth

DEPTH

of 149 ft. Its northern shores are bordered by the beautiful basaltic cones of the Bakony mountains, the volcanic soil of which produces grapes yielding excellent wine; the southern consist partly of a marshy plain, partly of

downs

DOWNS

. The most beautiful point of the lake is that where the peninsula of Tihany projects in the waters. An ancient

church

of the Benedictines is here situated on the top of a hill. In a tomb therein is buried Andrew I. (d. Io6r), a king of the Hungarian Arpadian dynasty. The temperature of the lake varies greatly, in a manner resembling that of the sea, and many connect its origin with a sea of the Miocene period, the waters of which are said to have covered the Hungarian plain. About fifty streams flow into the lake, which drains into the

Danube

DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the
lower
- LOWER
part of its course Ister)

and is well stocked with fish. It often freezes in winter. Lake

Balaton

BALATON (PLATTENSEE)

is of growing importance as a bathing resort.

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