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It is named after the city of Annecy, which marks the start of the Thiou, Lake Annecy's outflow river. [1] [2]: 958 It is the third-largest lake in France, after the Lac du Bourget and Lac de Grand-Lieu, if the French part of Lake Geneva, which is shared between Switzerland and France, is excluded.
Annecy (US: / ˌ æ n ə ˈ s iː, ɑː n ˈ s iː / AN-ə-SEE, ahn-SEE, [3] [4] French: ⓘ; Arpitan: Èneci, also Ènneci) is the prefecture and largest city of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy, 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Geneva, Switzerland.
Aerial view of Lake Annecy from the southeast. Haute-Savoie has significant freshwater resources. Lake Annecy is a major attraction, along with the town of Évian-les-Bains, perhaps the best-known town on the French shore of Lake Geneva, and known worldwide for its Evian mineral water. Haute-Savoie is entirely within the watershed of the Rhone.
The following is the list of lakes in Georgia, ... Region Paravani Lake: 37.5 3.3 2,073 Samtskhe-Javakheti: Kartsakhi Lake: 26.3 1.0 1,799 Samtskhe-Javakheti
The Thiou (French pronunciation:) is a short river in the city of Annecy, France. [1] It is 3.6 km (2.2 mi) long. [2] It is an effluent of Lake Annecy and an affluent of the Fier, which is in turn a tributary of the Rhône. The Thiou is considered one of the cleanest rivers in Europe [citation needed] and a postcard of the city of Annecy. The ...
Talloires is located south of Geneva, Switzerland, on Lake Annecy and 13 km (8.1 mi) south of the local "prefecture" Annecy, about 50 km from Switzerland and about 90 km from Italy. The town is situated in the French Alps, along a bay on the east side of the lake.
Sevrier (French pronunciation:; before 2017: Sévrier; Arpitan: Sevrî) [3] is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is located on the north-western banks of Lake Annecy. It is essentially a residential suburb of Annecy. Geographical features around Lake Annecy
Georgia is a country in the Caucasus region on the coast of the Black Sea.Sometimes considered a transcontinental country, it is located at the intersection of Eastern Europe and West Asia, [2] and is today generally regarded as part of Europe.