Lake Zurich
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This article is about the lake in Switzerland. For the lake and village in the U.S., see Lake Zurich, Illinois. For the Gorillaz song, see The Now Now.
Lake Zurich (German: Zürichsee; Swiss German/Alemannic: Zürisee)[1] is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zürich. Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or Zürichsee can be used to describe the lake as a whole, or just that part of the lake 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'), whilst the lower part is sometimes also referred to as the Lower Lake (unterer Zürichsee), respectively.
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Lake Zurich | |
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Zürichsee (German) | |
Coordinates | 47°14′51″N 8°40′39″E |
Primary inflows | Linth (Linthkanal) |
Primary outflows | Limmat |
Catchment area | 1,829 km2 (706 sq mi) |
Basin countries | Switzerland |
Max. length | 40 kilometres (25 miles) |
Max. width | 3 kilometres (2 miles) |
Surface area | 88.66 square kilometres (34.23 square miles) |
Average depth | 49 metres (161 feet) |
Max. depth | 136 metres (446 feet) |
Water volume | 3.9 km3 (0.94 cu mi) |
Residence time | 440 days |
Surface elevation | 406 m (1,332 ft) |
Frozen | 1929, 1962/1963 (last) |
Islands | Lützelau, Schönenwerd, Saffa, Ufenau |
Sections/sub-basins | Obersee |
Settlements | see list |
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