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Balaton (bă`lətŏn, Hung. bŏ`lŏtôn), lake, 230 sq mi (596 sq km), W central Hungary, at the foot of the Bakony Forest. The Zala River is its main tributary; the lake is drained by the Sió River. It is the largest lake in Central Europe with many tourist and health resorts. Its shallow waters abound in fish, and along the shores are fine vineyards. Overdevelopment and poor environmental management have raised concerns about the "health" of the lake. Balaton Lake. a large shallow lake in W Hungary. Area: 689 sq. km (266 sq. miles) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The situation in the Danube is very much connected to climate change" says Janos Zlinszky of the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe in Szentendre, Hungary, who owns a summer cottage on the now-dry shores of Lake Balaton. His use of marimbas, (the stringed) balaton and angular-sounding piano, coldly played, is extremely original. Please don't report to us every detail of your life--where you go, whom you meet--like your predecessor did," a local party boss told the priest at a Lake Balaton parish when he replaced Lekai as rector in the late 1950s. |
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