How can a lake disappear, become farmland, and return within twenty-four hours?. Explain how Lake Cirknitz drains through underground openings after drought, allowing villagers to mow, farm, and hunt on its bed. End with the reported return of water, fish, and waterfowl after heavy rain.

How Lake Cirknitz Disappears and Returns

According to The World of Wonders, drought causes Lake Cirknitz in Krain, among the Julian Alps, to sink gradually until holes in its bed drain the water into extensive underground openings, leaving the lake bottom completely dry. ^[1]

With the bed exposed, villagers mow its grass, sow buckwheat and millet, and hunt game. ^[2]
The lake is therefore successively used for farming, harvesting, hunting, and fishing, rather than serving all these purposes at the same time. ^[3]
After violent rain and storms, water rises from the underground caverns through openings connected with the lake at different levels. Waves, fish, and waterfowl return, and the account says the lake can be recreated within twenty-four hours. ^[4]

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How can a lake disappear, become farmland, and return within twenty-four hours?. Explain how Lake Cirknitz drains through underground openings after drought, allowing villagers to mow, farm, and hunt on its bed. End with the reported return of water, fish, and waterfowl after heavy rain.

How Lake Cirknitz Disappears and Returns

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