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Lake Neuchatel is situated at the foot of the Jura mountain range, on the Swiss Plateau. Mainly in the French-speaking Swiss Romande , it borders the territory of four cantons: Neuchâtel (86 km 2 (33 sq mi)), Vaud (74 km 2 (29 sq mi)), Fribourg (53 km 2 (20 sq mi)) and Bern (2 km 2 (0.77 sq mi)).
The two most extensive, Lake Geneva and Lake Constance, are amongst the largest in Europe and mark the border of the Swiss Plateau, along with the Alps and the Jura Mountains. 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 ...
Lac de Moron is a reservoir formed by damming the river Doubs on the border of France and Switzerland. It can be reached from Les Planchettes or Les Brenets in the Canton of Neuchâtel (Switzerland) and from Le Barboux in the Doubs department (France). The reservoir has a volume of 20.6 million m³ and its surface area is 0.69 km 2 (0.27 sq mi).
Map of town centre showing the evolution of the shoreline Before the 2021 merger of municipalities, Neuchâtel had an area, as of 2009 [update] , of 18.1 square kilometers (7.0 sq mi). Of this area, 1.84 km 2 (0.71 sq mi) or 10.2% was used for agricultural purposes, while 9.74 km 2 (3.76 sq mi) or 53.8% was forested.
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The depression in which the lake lies was formed by the movements of a glacier, while the lake itself was formed by a natural barrier around 12,000 years ago. At the downstream end is a waterfall known as the Saut du Doubs. A few hundred metres away, a bridge connects the French and Swiss sides of the lake.
Lac des Taillères (French pronunciation: [lak de tajɛʁ]) is a lake in the la Brévine valley in the Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.45 km 2 (0.17 sq mi). See also
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