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Lake Geneva
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| Lake Geneva | |
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| Location | Switzerland, France |
| Coordinates | 46°27′N 6°33′E / 46.450°N 6.550°E |
| Lake type | Glacial lake |
| Primary inflows | Rhône, Dranse |
| Primary outflows | Rhône |
| Catchment area | 7,975 square kilometres (3,079 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | Switzerland, France |
| Max. length | 73 km (45 mi) |
| Max. width | 14 km (8.7 mi) |
| Surface area | 580.03 km2 (224 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 153.4 metres (503 feet) |
| Max. depth | 310 metres (1,020 feet) |
| Water volume | 89 km3 (72 million acre⋅ft; 21 cu mi) |
| Residence time | 11.4 years |
| Shore length1 | 156 km (97 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 372 m (1,220 ft) |
| Islands | Île de Peilz, Château de Chillon, Île de Salagnon, Île de la Harpe, Île Rousseau, Île de Choisi |
| Settlements | Geneva (CH), Lausanne (CH), Évian (F), Montreux (CH), Thonon (F), Vevey (CH) (see list) |
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| Official name | Les Grangettes |
| Designated | 11 September 1990 |
| Reference no. | 504[1] |
| Official name | Rives du Lac Léman |
| Designated | 8 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).
- ^ "Les Grangettes". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Rives du Lac Léman". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "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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