Lej da la Tscheppa

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Lej da la Tscheppa
Location Grisons
Coordinates 46°27′03″N, 9°45′06″ECoordinates: 46°27′03″N, 9°45′06″E
Primary outflows Ova da la Tscheppa
Basin countries Switzerland
Surface area 7.96 ha
Average depth 12.4 m
Max. depth 32 m
Surface elevation 2616 m
Frozen November - June (ice)

Lej da la Tscheppa is a lake above Sils-Maria, in the Engadin valley of the Grisons, Switzerland. Its surface area is 7.96 ha at an elevation of 2616 m. It used to be fed by water from the Crasta-Tscheppa Glacier (melted in 2003).

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