Lago di Candia

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Lago di Candia
Location	Province of Turin
Coordinates	45°20′N 7°53′ECoordinates: 45°20′N 7°53′E
Lake type	Glacial
Primary inflows	Underwater springs
Basin countries	Italy
Surface area	1.52 km²
Average depth	4.7 m
Max. depth	7.7 m
Residence time (of lake water)	6 or 7 years
Shore length1	5.5 km
Surface elevation	226 m
Settlements	Candia Canavese, Vische, and Mazzè
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

The Lago di Candia is a small, shallow Italian lake of glacial origin, located by the town of Candia Canavese in the Piedmontese province of Turin. The lake forms the centre of an evironmentally important wetland area which, as the Parco naturale del Lago di Candia, became a nature reserve in 1995.

Cane thicket

View of the lake and the wetlands

White waterlilies on the lake

Coots

[edit] References

• Parco naturale di interesse provinciale del Lago di Candia – The Protected Area (English).
• Parco Lago di Candia (Italian).

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