Lake Trasimeno
Author: VeronicaLake Trasimeno has a surface area of 125 km2 which is only slightly lower than that of Lake of Como. It is located 257 meters above sea level and its basin extends for 396 km2, while the total area of the lake covers an area of approximately 125 km2. The waters have a depth varying from 3 to 6 m, with an average of 4.7 m, and have a spare time of almost 22 years. Surrounded on three sides by a hilly landscape, the vast stretch of water of the Trasimeno has a color ranging from green to cerulean, with banks covered with thick reeds.
The lake has three islands: the Polvese, ownership of the province of Perugia; the Major, which stretches for about 23.2 hectares and is inhabited on a permanent basis; the Minor, completely uninhabited and preserved intact over the centuries.
Minor Island
The vegetation on the lake, both floating and submerged, is very rich and typically marshy. Along the coastline is significant the presence of holm oaks, oaks and water lily. On islands, in addition to typical vegetation, there are olive and pine trees.
In the waters of the lake you can find typical fishes such as the sun perch. Even for the wild birds there is a wide variety of species, among which we remind heron, stork, egret, wild swan, cormorant, bittern, mallard, wild goose, Knight of Italy, crested grebe. In the last years, however, the presence of the cormorant has become so massive to create several problems to the lake ecosystem. The same problem regards the wild boar, a mammal spread so musch that is necessary its containment.
How to arrive there
By car : highway A1 (Autostrada del Sole) Rome – Florence: Valdichiana exit, follow the signs for Perugia and exit at Passignano east.
By train: Line Ancona-Foligno-Terontola
By plane: airport S. -Egidio Perugia
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