The Seeache is a short river of Upper Austria .
4-570: The Seeache is the natural outflow of the lake Mondsee and flows after 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) into the lake Attersee , which itself is drained by the Ager . The rapid river is often used for rafting. The pearl fish ( Rutilus meidingerii ) has settled in the Seeache. This article related to a river in Austria is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Upper Austria location article
8-660: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mondsee (lake) Mondsee ( Moon Lake ) is a lake in the Upper Austrian part of the Salzkammergut and near the larger Attersee . Its southwestern shore marks the border between the states of Upper Austria and Salzburg and also between the Northern Limestone Alps in the south and the Sandstone zone of the northern Alps . The Drachenwand ( Dragonwall )
12-574: Is a large cliff face over the southern shore of the lake. Mondsee is one of Austria's last privately owned lakes. In August 2008, owner Nicolette Wächter announced it was up for sale. In 1864, remains of neolithic pile dwellings were discovered in the lake. Mondsee likely derives its name from the old noble family name "Mannsee". Two bacterial strains isolated from Lake Mondsee were recognized as new species and described as Polynucleobacter cosmopolitanus and Polynucleobacter duraquae , respectively. Both species are non- pathogenic and dwell in
16-514: The lake as part of its bacterioplankton . Fish living in the lake: Ian Fleming mentions the Mondsee in one of his James Bond novels, Thunderball . In chapter six, Blofeld reports to the members of SPECTRE that their German unit has successfully retrieved (in secret) Himmler's hoard of jewels from Lake Mondsee. Arno Geiger's 2018 novel Beneath Drachenwand Mountain is set mainly in Mondsee. This Upper Austria location article
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