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The 17 cantons in which Switzerland's commercially fished lakes lie used powers delegated to them under the 1815 Federal Treaty to begin regulating fishing. As Switzerland began organizing itself into a modern federal state in the middle of the 19th century, the cantons further reasserted control over the lakes. [8] [2] [j]
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.
A thermal water park in Bešeňová, Slovakia. The following is a list of notable water parks in the world sorted by region. A water park or waterpark is an amusement park that features water play areas, such as water slides, splash pads, spraygrounds (water playgrounds), lazy rivers, wave pools, or other recreational bathing, swimming, and barefooting environments.
This is a list of reserves for waterbirds and migratory birds in Switzerland. The nature reserves on this inventory are protected by Swiss federal legislation ( Federal Inventory of Water and Migratory Birds Reserves of National and International Importance ).
The Melide causeway separates the northern (27.5 km 2; 10.6 sq mi) and southern (21.4 km 2; 8.3 sq mi) basins, although a bridge in the causeway permits water flow and navigation. The lake retention time is an average of 8.2 years; that of the northern basin (11.9 years) is considerably higher than the southern one (2.3 years).
There are about ten places where you can dive without a boat in Lake Lucerne. The water is rather chilly all year round and therefore mostly very clear. In Lake Uri, at Sisikon, one can dive to a fragmented steep vertical wall, at the northern portal of the Schieferneggtunnel. The Lediwrack Bruno lies in front of Brunnen at a depth of 15 meters.
As of 2016, the eighteen official nature "parks of national importance" in Switzerland are: [1] National parks (1) Swiss National Park; Regional nature parks (16) Aargau Jura Park; Beverin Nature Park; Binntal Nature Park; Chasseral Nature Park; Diemtigtal Nature Park; Doubs Nature Park; Parc Ela; UNESCO Entlebuch Biosphere; Gantrisch Nature Park
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