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The former is Europe's largest lake reserved for motorboating, and the latter is Europe's largest non-nautical lake. [3] While their normal capacity is 170 hm3, with a total surface area of 23.2 km2 they could, if combined as a single lake, be the third largest man-made lake in France, matching the size of Lac d'Orient . [ 4 ]
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. [citation needed] It is a popular tourist destination known for its swimming and water sports. [citation needed]
This is a list of islands of France, ... Location Population 1: ... Bassas da India; Glorioso Islands. Île Glorieuse ...
Île de Ré (French pronunciation: [il də ʁe]; variously spelled Rhé or Rhéa; Poitevin: ile de Rét; English: Isle of Ré, / r eɪ / RAY) is an island off the Atlantic coast of France near La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, on the northern side of the Pertuis d'Antioche strait. Its highest point has an elevation of 20 metres (66 feet).
Largest lake in Central Europe: 24 Geneva: Lac Léman, Lago Lemano, Genfersee, Lai da Genevra France/ Switzerland: 581 224: Largest lake in Switzerland and France, largest lake in the Alps Kamianske: Кам'янське водосховище Ukraine: 567 219: Haukivesi Finland: 562 217: Part of Saimaa 25 Constance: Bodensee Germany ...
Lac d'Allos in the Mercantour National Park. 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.
The Grande Île (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃d il]; German: Große Insel) is an island that lies at the historic centre of the city of Strasbourg in France.Its name means "Large Island", and derives from the fact that it is surrounded on one side by the main channel of the Ill river and on the other side by the Canal du Faux-Rempart, a canalised arm of that river.
Europa Island (French: Île Europa, pronounced [il øʁɔpa]), in Malagasy Nosy Ampela [1] is a 28-square-kilometre (11 sq mi) low-lying tropical atoll in the Mozambique Channel, about a third of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique. The island had never been inhabited until 1820, when the French family of Rosier moved to it.