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Lake Thun

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Also known as Thunersee

lake in the canton of Bern, Switzerland

Key facts

Location
Canton of Bern
Type
freshwater fjord , recent regulation
Primary inflows
Aare , Kander
Primary outflows
Aare
Catchment area
2,500 km (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 km (18.6 sq mi)
Average depth
136 m (446 ft)
Max depth
217 m (712 ft)
Water volume
6.5 km (5,300,000 acre⋅ft)
Residence time
684 days
Surface elevation
558 m (1,831 ft)
Settlements
Thun , Spiez , Faulensee

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Lake Thun (German: Thunersee, Swiss Standard German pronunciation: [ˈtuːnərˌzeː]) is an Alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland named after the city of Thun, on its northern shore. At 48.3 km (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"). The culminating point of the lake's drainage basin is the Finsteraarhorn at 4,274 metres (14,022 ft) above sea level.

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

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