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The largest wholly Swiss lake is Lake Neuchâtel. The remaining lakes over 100 km 2 (39 sq mi) are Lake Maggiore and Lake Lucerne . In total 103 lakes exist that are more than 30 ha (74 acres) in surface area, and a considerable number of smaller lakes.
The lake was created after the last glacial period. After the 10th century, it split from Lake Brienz, before which the two lakes were combined, as Wendelsee ("Lake Wendel"). [2] The culminating point of the lake's drainage basin is the Finsteraarhorn at 4,274 metres (14,022 ft) above sea level. [3] Lake Thun's approximate 2,500 square ...
BLS passenger ship Stadt Thun leaving the ship canal. The Thun ship canal (German: Thuner Schiffskanal) is a 500-metre (1,600 ft) long canal in the Swiss canton of Bern. Together with a navigable reach of the Aare of similar length, it connects Lake Thun with a quay in the town of Thun adjacent to Thun railway station. [1]
Lake Zürich (lower section) Lake Zürich (upper section or Obersee) Interlaken Ship Canal: Interlaken Schiffskanal: Lake Thun near Interlaken: Interlaken West railway station: Nidau-Büren Canal: Nidau-Büren-Kanal / Canal de Nidau-Büren: Lake Biel near Nidau: Aar River near Büren: Thun Ship Canal: Thun Schiffskanal: Lake Thun near Thun ...
Lake Thun marks the head of navigation. [6] On flowing out of the lake it passes through Thun, and then flows through the city of Bern, passing beneath eighteen bridges and around the steeply-flanked peninsula on which the Old City is located. To the south of the Old City peninsula is the Mattenschwelle , a weir which provides water for the ...
Lake Thun and Lake Brienz are both close to the town, and the Aare flows east to west through the town. Boat trips operate on both lakes, serving various lakeside towns. One of these, Brienz, is the starting point for one of Switzerland's last remaining steam operated mountain railway, the Brienz Rothorn Railway .
Map of Switzerland showing major lakes and rivers. 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. Of ...
The history of the Lake Thun line is linked to that of the shipping services on Lake Thun and Lake Brienz, which date back to at least 1834, when the first steamship was introduced. The two lakes are linked by a 5.5 km (3.4 mi) stretch of the Aare through Interlaken, but the river is not navigable, dropping some 6 metres (19.7 ft) and passing ...