Riffelsee Lake and the Matterhorn in a Foggy Background (OC) [3456 × 5184]

Picture found by the Ditpub “Beautiful World” searcher.

Original was/is available from http://i.imgur.com/k5fqpkA.jpg?1

Here are some definitions that might clarify something 🙂

Riffelsee is an alpine lake above the town of Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It lies below the Riffelhorn at an elevation of 2757 m, and has a surface area of 0.45 ha.

A lake (in Scotland and Ireland, a loch) is an area (prototypically filled with water, also of variable size), localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake.

The Matterhorn (German: Matterhorn [ˈmatərˌhɔrn], Italian: Monte Cervino [ˈmonte tʃerˈviːno], French: Mont Cervin [mɔ̃ sɛʁvɛ̃]) is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the border between Switzerland and Italy.

Fog is a complex atmospheric phenomenon. It is a visible mass consisting of cloud water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth’s surface.

Published by DitPub on 2015-09-25 0:15:46, under the category “Beautiful World”

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