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Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva
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Lake Geneva is located in Rhône-Alpes
Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva is located in Canton of Vaud
Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva is located in Canton of Valais
Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva is located in Switzerland
Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva is located in France
Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva is located in Alps
Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva
LocationSwitzerland, France
Coordinates46°27′N 6°33′E / 46.450°N 6.550°E / 46.450; 6.550
Lake typeGlacial lake
Primary inflowsRhône, Dranse
Primary outflowsRhône
Catchment area7,975 square kilometres (3,079 sq mi)
Basin countriesSwitzerland, France
Max. length73 km (45 mi)
Max. width14 km (8.7 mi)
Surface area580.03 km2 (224 sq mi)
Average depth153.4 metres (503 feet)
Max. depth310 metres (1,020 feet)
Water volume89 km3 (72 million acre⋅ft; 21 cu mi)
Residence time11.4 years
Shore length1156 km (97 mi)
Surface elevation372 m (1,220 ft)
IslandsÎle de Peilz, Château de Chillon, Île de Salagnon, Île de la Harpe, Île Rousseau, Île de Choisi
SettlementsGeneva (CH), Lausanne (CH), Évian (F), Montreux (CH), Thonon (F), Vevey (CH) (see list)
Map
Official nameLes Grangettes
Designated11 September 1990
Reference no.504[1]
Official nameRives du Lac Léman
Designated8 April 1991
Reference no.519[2]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Geneva[note 1] is a deep lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France. It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe and the largest on the course of the Rhône. Sixty percent (345.31 km2 or 133.32 sq mi) of the lake belongs to Switzerland (the cantons of Vaud, Geneva and Valais) and forty percent (234.71 km2 or 90.62 sq mi) to France (the department of Haute-Savoie).

  1. ^ "Les Grangettes". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Rives du Lac Léman". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. ^ "03 - Suisse sud-ouest". Swiss National Map 1:200 000 - Switzerland on four sheets. Federal Office of Topography, swisstopo, Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport. 2009. Archived from the original on 11 April 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2013.


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