Lake Thun
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| Lake Thun Thunersee | |
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| Location | Canton of Bern |
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| Type | freshwater fjord, recent regulation[1] |
| Aare Kander | |
| Aare | |
| 2,500 km2 (970 sq mi) | |
| Basin countries | Switzerland |
| Max. length | 17.5 km (10.9 mi) |
| Max. width | 3.5 km (2.2 mi) |
Surface area | 48.3 km2 (18.6 sq mi) |
Average depth | 136 m (446 ft) |
| Max. depth | 217 m (712 ft) |
Water volume | 6.5 km3 (5,300,000 acre⋅ft) |
| Residence time | 684 days |
Surface elevation | 558 m (1,831 ft) |
| Settlements | Thun, Spiez, Faulensee |
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Lake Thun (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA".) is an Alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland named after the city of Thun, on its northern shore. At 48.3 km2 (18.6 sq mi) in surface area, it is the largest Swiss lake entirely within a single canton.
The lake was created after the last glacial period. After the 10th century, it split from Lake Brienz, before which the two lakes were combined, as Wendelsee ("Lake Wendel").[2] The culminating point of the lake's drainage basin is the Finsteraarhorn at 4,274 metres (14,022 ft) above sea level.[3]
Lake Thun's approximate 2,500 square kilometres (970 sq mi) catchment area frequently causes local flooding after heavy rainfalls. This occurs because the river Aare (Template:Langx), which drains Lake Thun, has only limited capacity to handle the excess runoff. The lake is fed by water from Lake Brienz to the southeast, which is 6 metres (20 ft) higher than Lake Thun, and various streams in the Oberland, including the Kander.
In 1835, passenger steamships began operating regularly on the lake. Ten passenger ships, operated by the local railway company BLS AG like Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:WPSHIPS utilities/data' not found., serve the towns of Interlaken and Thun; the Interlaken ship canal and Thun ship canal connect the lake to Interlaken West railway station and Thun railway station respectively.[4][5]
Following World War II and up until 1964, the Swiss Government disposed of unused munitions into Lake Thun. The quantity of munitions dumped is reported to be from 3,000 to more than 9,020 tons.[6][7]
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References
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- ^ Kanton Bern, Wasser- und Energiewirtschaftsamt (Water and Energy Department): Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Seeregulierung am Thuner See (Possibilities and limits of regulating the Thunersee)[permanent dead link]
- ^ www.spiez.ch: Schloss (Castle of) Spiez around 1000 AD called "Goldener Hof am Wendelsee" ("Golden Court on lake Wendel) Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.1:25,000 topographic map (Map). Swisstopo. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."History of navigation on Lakes Thun and Brienz". BLS AG. Archived from the original on 2009-11-15. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."BLS Schiffahrt - Our fleet". BLS AG. Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Foulkes, Imogen (August 28, 2003). "Fears over dumped munitions in Lake Thun". Archived from the original on September 28, 2012. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tagliabue, John (August 12, 2009). "A Turbulent Past Lurks in a Serene Swiss Lake". NYTimes.com. Retrieved Sep 13, 2009.
External links
- Page Template:Sister-inline/styles.css has no content.Script error: No such module "Sister project logo". Media related to Script error: No such module "Commons link". at Wikimedia Commons
- Lake Thun Tourism Portal
- The River Aare sluices
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