Klagenfurter Becken#

Klagenfurt Basin, the largest trough of the Eastern Alps lying between the Gurktal Alps and the Karawanken range, (the basin has an average depth of 450 m and is 75 km long and 20-30 km wide); it is a hilly region with areas covered in boulders ( Krappfeld Plain and Zollfeld Plain), but especially fertile in the east (grain and fruit growing). In the Ice Age, the Drau glacier formed the basins of Lake Woerthersee, Lake Ossiacher See and the Rosental Valley. Climate: dry and hot summers, very cold winters because of temperature inversion ( Inversion), tourist centre.