It is the lowest level for 70 years of the largest fundamental freshwater reservoir in Italy.
The heat wavethe lack of rain and the lack of snow in Europe are driving rivers, canals and lakes across the continent to alarmingly low levels. One of the consequences was reflected in the largest Italian lake, the lake gardawhich came to its lowest level since 1953just 45.8 centimeters above sea level.
According to data from the Sentinel-2 satellite, from the European Observatory on Drought of the Copernicus programme, managed by the European Commission and the European Space Agency, the average in the last 70 years was 109 centimeters.
Lake Garda, the largest in Italy
Lake Garda is the largest italian lakewith an area of about 370 square kilometers, is the third deepest after Lake Como and the lake maggiore. Their decline jeopardizes their ability to sustain agriculture, local communities, tourism and shipping.
He Garda mean water levelwhich is located about 65 meters above sea levelsuffers quite limited seasonal variations, this makes the recent drop all the more worrying.
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The new image of the lake captured by satellites is added to the others that show the risk of drought in Italy and Europe. Images from the European Space Agency’s Smos satellite show that, in much of southwestern Europe, soil moisture is below average, due to a particularly dry winter and the second warmest on record.
Source: Ambito
