Popradske pleso / Poprad tarn - Slovakia
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RadousCZ
N 49° 09.285 E 020° 04.758
34U E 432866 N 5445066
Quick Description: [ENG] Popradske pleso (Poprad tarn) is the glacier lake in the Mengusová valley in the High Tatras.
[SK] Popradské pleso je ladovcové jazero v Mengusovskej doline vo Vysokých Tatrách.
Location: Prešovský kraj, Slovakia
Date Posted: 4/26/2012 11:49:09 AM
Waymark Code: WMEAB6
Views: 17
Long Description:
[ENG]
Popradske pleso is the glacier lake in the Mengusová valley in the High Tatras. This tarn is the rest of an glacier cavity, damed also with a side moraine of the Mengusovský glacier. Its elevation above sea-level is 1494 m, surface 6,88 ha, maximum lenght 380m and widht 248m, maximum depth 17m and maximum water temperature 16 °C. It is supplied with water of the Ladový stream from the Zlomisková valley. From tarn flows out the stream Krupá which after the conffluence with the Hincové stream forms the river Poprad.
[SK]
Popradské pleso je ladovcové jazero v Mengusovskej doline vo Vysokých Tatrách. Je pozostatok ladovcovej priehlbiny , prehradenej ešte bocnou morénou Mengusovského ladovca. Leží v nadmorskej výške 1494 m, jeho rozloha je 6,88 ha, maximálna dlžka 380 m a šírka 248 m, maximálna hlbka 17 m a maximálna teplota vody 16°C. Napája ho Ladový potok zo Zlomiskovej doliny. Z jazerá vyteká potok Krúpa ,ktorý vytvára po sútoku s Hincovým potokom rieku Poprad.
Lake Type: Glacial lake
Coordinates location: visitors center: N 49° 09.290 E 020° 04.770
Max. Length: 380m
Max. Width: 248m
Max. Depth: 17m
Surface area: 6,88 ha
Parking / trail head: N 49° 07.614 W 020° 04.482
Website: [Web Link]
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