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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.
Lake Brienz (German: Brienzersee) is a lake just north of the Alps, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It has a length of about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi), a width of 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) and a maximum depth of 260 metres (850 ft). Its area is 29.8 square kilometres (11.5 sq mi); the surface is 564 metres (1,850 ft) above the sea-level.
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 Central Switzerland Motorboat Club (Motorbootclub Zentralschweiz) was established in 1980 and the Hergiswil Water Sports Club (Wassersportclub Hergiswil) in 1986. SchweizMobil has created a canoe tour across Lake Lucerne between Brunnen and Gersau.
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).
The Alpine lake of Oeschinen, overlooked by the Blüemlisalp and the Doldenhorn. This is a list of high-altitude lakes of Switzerland.It includes all significant lakes located either entirely or partly in Switzerland, both natural and artificial, with an area of at least 4 ha (9.9 acres) and a location at over 800 m (2,600 ft) above sea level.
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.