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Lake Biel
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lake at Biel/Bienne, Canton of Bern, Switzerland
Key facts
- Location
- Canton of Bern
- Catchment area
- 8,305 km (3,207 sq mi)
- Basin countries
- Switzerland
- Max length
- 15 km (9.3 mi)
- Max width
- 4.1 km (2.5 mi)
- Surface area
- 39.3 km (15.2 sq mi)
- Max depth
- 74 m (243 ft)
- Water volume
- 1.12 km (910,000 acre⋅ft)
- Residence time
- 58 days
- Surface elevation
- 429 m (1,407 ft)
- Islands
- St. Peter's Island
- Settlements
- Biel/Bienne ( see list )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Biel/Bienne
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of Neuchâtel
- Area
- 39.3
- Elevation
- 429
- Image
- .00 3431 Bielersee (Lac de Bienne) - Ort Ligerz, Schweiz.jpg
- Width
- 4.1
- Length
- 15
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- Commons category
- Lake Biel
- outflows
- Aare
- watershed area
- 8305
- vertical depth
- 74
- mountain range
- Jura Mountains
- drainage basin
- Rhine basin
- volume as quantity
- 1120
- basin country
- Switzerland
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- native label
- Lac de Bienne
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Lake Biel or Lake Bienne (German: Bielersee [ˈbiːlərzeː]; French: Lac de Bienne [lak də bjɛn]) is a lake in western Switzerland. Together with Lake Morat and Lake Neuchâtel, it is one of the three large lakes in the Jura region of Switzerland. It lies on the language boundary between German and French speaking areas.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lake Biel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.