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Lake Sempach

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Also known as Sempachersee

lake in Switzerland

Key facts

Location
Canton of Lucerne
Primary inflows
Gross Aa , Chli Aa (Sempachersee), Meierhofbach, Wilibach, Dorfbach (Sempachersee), Brandbach, Röllbach (Sempachersee), Lipperütibach, and some unnamed
Primary outflows
Suhre
Basin countries
Switzerland
Surface area
14.5 km (5.6 sq mi)
Average depth
44 m (144 ft)
Max depth
87 m (285 ft)
Water volume
0.66 km (540,000 acre⋅ft)
Residence time
16.9 years
Surface elevation
503.77 m (1,652.8 ft)
Islands
Gamma Insel
Settlements
Sursee , Sempach

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Named after
Sempach
Area
14.4
Elevation
504
Image
Aerial image of Lake Sempach (view from the south).jpg
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outflows
Suhre
Commons category
Lake Sempach
vertical depth
87
drainage basin
Rhine basin
volume as quantity
660
basin country
Switzerland
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Encyclopedic overview

Lake Sempach (German: Sempachersee, Swiss Standard German pronunciation: [ˈzɛmpaxərˌzeː]) is a lake in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Its area is about 14.5 km (5.6 sq mi) and its maximum depth is 87 m (285 ft).

A 50-metre-large (160 ft) island named Gamma Insel is located east of Sursee.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lake Sempach” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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