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Lake Zurich

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Also known as Lake Zürich, Lake of Zurich, Zürisee, Zürichsee

major lake in Switzerland

AI overview

Lake Zurich is a large freshwater lake located in Switzerland, situated in the northeastern part of the country. It is an important natural feature and recreational area for the region, and the city of Zurich sits along its shores.

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Wikidata facts

Named after
Zurich
Area
88.66
Elevation
406
Image
Zuerichsee.jpg
Width
3.85
Length
42
Perimeter
87.6
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outflows
Limmat
Commons category
Lake Zurich
topic's main category
Category:Lake Zurich
residence time of water
1.1
vertical depth
136
drainage basin
Rhine basin
basin country
Switzerland
volume as quantity
3.9
watershed area
1811
native label
Zürichsee
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Encyclopedic overview

Lake Zurich (German: Zürichsee, Swiss Standard German pronunciation: [ˈtsyːrɪçˌzeː]; Alemannic German: Zürisee) is a lake in Switzerland, that extends southeast of the city of Zurich. Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or Zürichsee may refer to the entire lake or specifically to the section downstream of the Hurden peninsula and Seedamm causeway (between Pfäffikon and Rapperswil). In the latter case, the upstream part of the lake is called Obersee (lit. 'Upper Lake'), while the lower part is sometimes also referred to as the Lower Lake (unterer Zürichsee), respectively.

Geography

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

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