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Schalkenmehrener Maar, Schalkenmehren, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyi
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Schalkenmehrener MaarCrater Lake
SchalkenmehrenMunicipality
DaunCollective Municipality
VulkaneifelDistrict
Rhineland-PalatinateState
GermanyCountry
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Eifel Volcanic Fields, Germany

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 10' 10'' North , 6° 51' 28'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Schalkenmehren606 (2017)0.5km
Mehren1,385 (2011)2.4km
Daun8,523 (2015)3.7km
Brockscheid216 (2011)4.1km
Udler312 (2011)4.4km
Mindat Locality ID:
359474
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:359474:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Daun, Arrondissement de Vulkaneifel, Rhénanie-Palatinat, Allemagne
German:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Schalkenmehren, Verbandsgemeinde Daun, Landkreis Vulkaneifel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
Italian:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Verbandsgemeinde Daun, Circondario del Vulkaneifel, Renania-Palatinato, Germania
Spanish:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Distrito de Vulkaneifel, Renania-Palatinado, Alemania
Afrikaans:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Rynland-Palts, Duitsland
Aragonese:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Renania-Palatinato, Alemanya
Asturian:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Renania-Palatináu, Alemaña
Basque:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Renania-Palatinatua, Alemania
Bavarian:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Rheinland-Pfoiz, Deitschland
Breton:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Rheinland-Pfalz, Alamagn
Catalan:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Renània-Palatinat, Alemanya
Cebuano:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Vulkaneifel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Alemanya
Corsican:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Germania
Croatian:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Falačko Porajnje, Njemačka
Czech:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Zemský okres Vulkaneifel, Porýní-Falc, Německo
Danish:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Rheinland-Pfalz, Tyskland
Dutch:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Daun, Landkreis Vulkaneifel, Rijnland-Palts, Duitsland
Dutch Low Saxon:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Duutslaand
Esperanto:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Komunumaro Daun, Distrikto Vulkaneifel, Rejnlando-Palatinato, Germanio
Estonian:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saksamaa
Finnish:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saksa
Franco-Provençal:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Alemagne
Friulian:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Gjermanie
Galician:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Renania-Palatinado, Alemaña
Hungarian:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Rajna-vidék-Pfalz, Németország
Icelandic:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Rínarland-Pfalz, Þýskaland
Ido:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Rhenlando-Palatenio, Germania
Indonesian:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Daun, Rheinland-Pfalz, Jerman
Interlingua:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Rhenania-Palatinato, Germania
Interlingue:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Subdistrict Vulkaneifel, Rheinland-Palatinia, Germania
Irish Gaelic:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Tír na Réine agus an Phalaitíneacht, An Ghearmáin
Japanese:
シャルケンメーレナー・マール, フルカナイフェル郡, ラインラント=プファルツ州, ドイツ
Kongo:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Rheinland-Pfalz, Alemanyi
Ligurian:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Renania Palatinato, Germania
Limburgian:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Rienland-Palts, Duitsland
Low Saxon/Low German:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Rhienland-Palz, Düütschland
Luxembourgish:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Rheinland-Pfalz, Däitschland
Malagasy:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Alemaina
Malay:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Jerman
Minangkabau:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Jerman
Narom:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Allemangne
Neapolitan:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Germania
Norwegian:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Rheinland-Pfalz, Tyskland
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Rheinland-Pfalz, Tyskland
Occitan:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Renània-Palatinat, Alemanha
Picard:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Alemanne
Piedmontese:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Renania-Palatinà, Almagna
Polish:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Gmina związkowa Daun, Powiat Vulkaneifel, Nadrenia-Palatynat, Niemcy
Portuguese:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Vulkaneifel, Renânia-Palatinado, Alemanha
Romanian:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Vulkaneifel, Renania-Palatinat, Germania
Romansh:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Renania-Palatinat, Germania
Sardinian:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Germania
Scots:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Scottish Gaelic:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Rheinland-Pfalz, A' Ghearmailt
Sicilian:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Girmania
Slovak:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Porýnie-Falcko, Nemecko
Slovenian:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Porenje - Pfalška, Nemčija
Swahili:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Rhine-Palatino, Ujerumani
Swedish:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Landkreis Vulkaneifel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Tyskland
Venetian:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Renania-Palatinà, Germania
Vietnamese:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Vulkaneifel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Đức
Volapük:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Rinän-Palzän, Deutän
Walloon:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Almagne
Welsh:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Rheinland-Pfalz, Yr Almaen
West Flemish:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Reynland-Palts, Duutsland
Wolof:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Almaañ
Zulu:
Schalkenmehrener Maar, IJalimani


The Schalkenmehrener Maar is a maar roughly 3 kilometres southeast of the town of Daun in the Eifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

It is one of the Daun Maars (Dauner Maare) or Daun Maar Group and is a double maar, comprising a western maar lake and an eastern dry maar. Both were formed around 10,500 years ago as the result of a phreatomagmatic explosion. The lake in the western part of the maar varies between 500 and 575 metres in diameter and is up to 21 metres deep. The height of the maar above sea level is 420 metres (average elevation of the water surface). It fills the more recent of the 2 maar basins. The eastern part of the maar is occupied by a raised bog.

Botanically, three different zones can be distinguished: the shore area, the raised bog, and the slopes of the maar basin. In the shore area, as well as the reeds, there are communities of yellow iris, white water-lily, yellow loosestrife, purple loosestrife, and club-rush. The slopes of the maar basin are dominated by a mix of dry grassland and woodland edge vegetation. In addition to Breckland thyme and oregano, there is restharrow, hare's-foot clover, hop trefoil, narrow-leaved everlasting pea, musk mallow, clustered bellflower, downy hemp-nettle, fox and cubs, brown knapweed, greater knapweed, small scabious, woodruff, and large communities of rosebay willow-herb. Neophytes that may be seen include garden lupins and large-flowered mountain trumpets.

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schalkenmehrener_Maar
Wikidata ID:Q2230360
GeoNames ID:3207896

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