What is the cleanest lake in Europe?

Lake Annecy, France Located in the Haute-Savoie department, which borders Italy and Switzerland, Lake Annecy is a pristine body of water that's often called the cleanest lake in Europe, thanks to strict environmental regulations set in place in the 1960s.



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Austria has the cleanest bathing water in Europe, according to the European Environment Agency. Nearly 98 per cent of its bathing areas - where people regularly swim - were given an 'excellent' rating last year.

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Lago di Molveno in Italy is not only one of the best lakes for swimming, it is also the cleanest lake of all. The water in this crystal clear lake comes directly from the Presena gletsjer and is wonderfully refreshing. It is not a coincidence that the Molveno lake is also called 'pearl of the Dolomites'.

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Lake Ohrid is considered the deepest and oldest lake in Europe. It was reported that the Lake has the most biodiverse freshwater bodies of water in the world with many endemic species.

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Clearest Waters in Europe
  • Nissi Beach, Cyprus. ...
  • Primosten, Croatia. ...
  • Porto Katsiki, Lefkada, Greece. ...
  • Isola Bella, Sicily. ...
  • Lake Bled, Slovenia. ...
  • Famara Beach, Lanzarote. ...
  • Sveti Stefan, Montenegro. ...
  • Calo des Moro, Majorca.


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As a country scattered with thousands (168,000 to be exact) of lakes, 85% of which have received good or excellent environmental evaluations, it's no wonder Finland boasts some of the cleanest natural water in the world.

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Situated in south-east Siberia, the 3.15-million-ha Lake Baikal is the oldest (25 million years) and deepest (1,700 m) lake in the world. It contains 20% of the world's total unfrozen freshwater reserve.

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At 1,943 feet (592 meters), Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States and one of the deepest in the world. The depths were first explored thoroughly in 1886 by a party from the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Italy's Lugano and Maggiore were the most polluted in an international survey of 38 lakes.

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Clear Lake is a California lake north of Napa County and San Francisco. It's the state's largest natural freshwater lake, covering 68 square miles. At 2.5 million years old, Clear Lake is the United States and North America's oldest lake.

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But generally speaking, for the warmest ocean water in the U.S., Florida and Hawaii are the hot tickets.

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