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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.
Lac Lioson is a lake in the municipality of Ormont-Dessous, near Les Mosses, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Its surface area is 7 ha (17 acres). Its surface area is 7 ha (17 acres). The lake is used for fishing and ice diving .
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).
Lake Zurich (German: Zürichsee; Alemannic German: Zürisee) [1] is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zurich.Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or Zürichsee can be used to describe the lake as a whole, or just that part of the lake downstream of the Hurden peninsula and Seedamm causeway (between Pfäffikon and Rapperswil).
It has an elevation of 2,234 m (7,329 ft), a length of 2.85 km (1.77 mi), a surface area of 1.50 km 2 (0.58 sq mi) and a maximum depth of 53 m (174 ft). Once the site of two smaller lakes (Lago Bianco and Lago della Scala), the current reservoir was formed by the constructions of two dams (Scala and Arlas) at its southern and northern ends.
in Category:Lakes of Switzerland by canton. It should hold all the pages in the canton-level categories (apart from reservoirs), and may hold other pages such as lists. It should hold all the pages in the canton-level categories (apart from reservoirs), and may hold other pages such as lists.
Lake Walen, also known as Lake Walenstadt or Walensee (German pronunciation: [ˈvaːln̩ˌzeː] ⓘ), is one of the larger lakes in Switzerland.Located in the east of the country, about two thirds of its area are in the canton of St. Gallen and about one third in the canton of Glarus.