Lago Morto

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Lago Morto
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Lago Morto
Location Province of Treviso, Veneto
Coordinates 46°03′36.00″N12°19′16.00″E / 46.0600000°N 12.3211111°E / 46.0600000; 12.3211111
Basin  countriesItaly
Surface elevation273 m (896 ft)

Lago Morto (Italian for "dead lake") is a lake in the Province of Treviso, Veneto, Italy. It has this name because it has no effluent nor surface rivers feeding it, being fed probably by an underground karst river.


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