Lej da la Tscheppa

Lej da la Tscheppa
Location Grisons
Coordinates 46°27′03″N 9°45′06″E / 46.45083°N 9.75167°E / 46.45083; 9.75167Coordinates: 46°27′03″N 9°45′06″E / 46.45083°N 9.75167°E / 46.45083; 9.75167
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 Engadine 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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