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This list of lakes in France roughly distinguishes three categories: the mountain lakes, sorted first by massif, and then by départements; the lakes in plains, sorted by river basin; and the coastal lakes. Lake Geneva (Lac Léman), the largest in western Europe with 582 km 2 (225 sq mi), partly in France, partly in Switzerland, is listed in ...
Lac du Bourget (French: [lak dy buʁʒɛ]; English Lake Bourget), also locally known as Lac Gris ([lak gʁi]; English: Grey Lake) or Lac d'Aix ([lak d‿ɛ]), is a lake at the southernmost end of the Jura Mountains in the department of Savoie, France. It is the deepest lake located entirely within France, and either the largest or second ...
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.
This category is for articles pertaining to lakes in France. ... Lakes of France by region (13 C)-Lakes of Overseas France (3 C, 2 P) A. Artificial lakes of France (4 P)
With a surface area of 5.45 km 2 (2.10 sq mi) it is one of the largest natural lakes of France. [3] [4] It is the fourth-largest natural lake in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, after Lake Geneva (although partly in Switzerland), Lake Annecy and the Lac du Bourget. It has a maximum depth of 71 metres (233 ft).
Category: Lakes of France by region. 6 languages. ... This page was last edited on 2 April 2018, at 12:04 (UTC).
With a surface area of 23 km 2 and a normal capacity of 205 million m 3, [10] it is the third-largest artificial lake in France, after Lac du Der-Chantecoq and Lac de Serre-Ponçon and ahead of Lac de Sainte-Croix. Formerly known as "Lac de Lusigny" or "Lac de la forêt d'Orient", it was built to directly regulate the Seine.
The massif is home to just over 200 lakes, [11] making it one of the territories with the highest lake densities in the French Alpine massifs. The origin of these lakes is primarily glacial. They are situated in basins that were formed by the erosion of glaciers during the Würm glaciation. Major lakes in the French side (with altitudes):