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Lake Brienz
lake in the Berne Canton, Switzerland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lake Brienz (German: Brienzersee) is a lake just north of the Alps, in the canton of Berne in Switzerland. The shores are steep, and there is almost no shallow water in the entire lake.
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The village of Brienz, from which the lake takes its name, lies on the northern shore to its eastern end.
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