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By the early 1880s Switzerland had reached agreements with France, Italy, Baden and Alsace-Lorraine (the latter two now part of Germany and France respectively). [10] By this time fishing professionally, previously done on the side by farmers, vintners and other tradesmen, had evolved into a full-time job for more of those who took to the lakes.
The See-Club Luzern was founded in 1881, which is now Switzerland's largest rowing club, as well as the Reuss Luzern rowing club (Ruderclub Reuss Luzern) in 1904. The Lucerne Yacht Club (Yachtclub Luzern) has existed since 1941 and has been running since 1966 a boathouse and buoy field on Churchill-Quai in Lucerne.
This article contains a sortable table listing all major lakes of Switzerland. The table includes all still water bodies located either entirely or partly in Switzerland , both natural and artificial, that have a surface area of at least 30 hectares (74 acres), regardless of water volume, maximum depth or other metric.
Lake Brienz (German: Brienzersee) is a lake just north of the Alps, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It has a length of about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi), a width of 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) and a maximum depth of 260 metres (850 ft). Its area is 29.8 square kilometres (11.5 sq mi); the surface is 564 metres (1,850 ft) above the sea-level.
Media in category "Featured pictures of Switzerland" The following 25 files are in this category, out of 25 total. 001 Chateau de Chillon and Dents du Midi Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg 7,952 × 5,304; 21.35 MB
Several competitions for swimmers are organised yearly, the longest of which spans the length of the lake from Chillon Castle to Geneva (70km) and is known as The Signature. [33] Other events include the crossing of the lake from Lausanne to Evian (13km), [ 34 ] from Montreux to Clarens (1.8 km), [ 35 ] in Geneva (1.8 km), [ 36 ] all in summer ...
The following is a list of rivers of Switzerland (and tributaries thereof). Included rivers flow either entirely or partly through Switzerland or along its international borders. Swiss rivers belong to five drainage basins , i.e. of the Rhine , the Rhône , the Po , the Danube or the Adige .
Featured pictures of Switzerland (25 F) L. Logos of Switzerland (1 F) M. Maps of Switzerland (1 C, 1 P) Media in category "Images of Switzerland"