Walensee
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The (), also known as Lake Walen and Lake Walenstadt (after Walenstadt), is one of the larger lakes in Switzerland. Located in the east of the country, about two thirds of its area are in the canton of St. Gallen and about one third in the canton of Glarus.
Key facts
- Lake.name
- Walensee
- Lake.image
- Aerial image of the Walensee.jpg
- Lake.caption
- Aerial view from the east
- Lake.image_bathymetry
- Karte Walensee.png
- Lake.caption_bathymetry
- Map
- Lake.location
- St. Gallen, Glarus
- Lake.inflow
- Linth (Escherkanal), Seez, Murgbach
- Lake.outflow
- Linth canal
- Lake.basin_countries
- Switzerland
- Lake.residence_time
- 1.45 years
- Lake.islands
- Schnittlauchinsel
- Lake.cities
- Walenstadt, Weesen, Quinten, Quarten, Murg
- Lake.pushpin_map
- Canton of St. Gallen#Canton of Glarus#Switzerland#Alps
- Lake.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Lake.mapframe
- yes
- Lake.mapframe zoom
- 11
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 24
- Elevation
- 419
- Image
- Aerial image of the Walensee.jpg
- Width
- 2.0
- Length
- 15.5
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- Commons category
- Walensee
- vertical depth
- 151
- volume as quantity
- 2520000000
- watershed area
- 1061
- P8168
- Blackman
- native label
- Walensee
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The (), also known as Lake Walen and Lake Walenstadt (after Walenstadt), is one of the larger lakes in Switzerland. Located in the east of the country, about two thirds of its area are in the canton of St. Gallen and about one third in the canton of Glarus.
==Name== Its name means 'Lake of the Walhaz' (), since in the early Middle Ages formed the linguistic border between the Alemanni, who settled in the west, and the Romansh people, the Walhaz (), in the east.
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