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Lake Lugano

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The lake is 48.7 km (18.8 sq mi) in size, 63% of which is in Switzerland and 37% in Italy. It has an average width of roughly 1 km (0.62 mi) and a maximum width of about 3 km (1.9 mi) at the bay of Lugano. A maximum depth of 288 m (945 ft) is found in the
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All water samples were well beyond the legal limits. The polluted sites should not be bathed in for health reasons. Bacteria can cause in the worst case, skin infections, diarrhoea and vomiting.
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and parts of the waters of the lake are considered by European Customs Law as non-territorial for fiscal purposes and as such enjoy a special tax status as a duty-free area, exemption from
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in the Italian part of the lake only 20% of the population were connected to sewage treatment plants with phosphorus filters (not that all Swiss areas were connected either).
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of the Swiss cantons at the beginning of the 16th century. The Italian-Swiss border was fixed in 1752 by the Treaty of Varese, and has since remained virtually unchanged.
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The first certain testimony of a political body governing the shores of the lake is from 818. Occupying an area of strategic importance, the lake was then part of the
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has long been a problem in Lake Lugano. In the 1960s and 1970s it was officially forbidden to bathe in the lake. Despite the continued introduction of
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Convenzione del 2 dicembre 1992 fra la Svizzera e l’Italia per la disciplina della navigazione sul lago Maggiore e sul lago di Lugano (con R e all.)
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Considering the results obtained in 2009 it can be affirmed that, notwithstanding the observed improvement, Lake Lugano is still in a state of high
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The Italian environmental group Legambiente, in its 2007 study of all northern Italian lakes, found Lake Lugano to be the most polluted of all.
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changed the law. They state that pollution levels in the lakes do not conform to European rulings and the lack of sewage treatment is illegal.
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is present in large numbers and took around ten years to colonise the entire lake, thereby replacing the bleak. Still present are the
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they became the subject of political and territorial contention during the 15th century, and Lugano became the lake's main town.
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is an average of 8.2 years; that of the northern basin (11.9 years) is considerably higher than the southern one (2.3 years).
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Convenzione del 19 marzo 1986 tra la Confederazione Svizzera e la Repubblica Italiana per la pesca nelle acque italo-svizzere
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The lake definitively ceased to belong to a single sovereign political entity following the establishment of the transalpine
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The whole area behind the southern shores of Lake Lugano is rich in fossils. The focal point of these fossil deposits is
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in the lake (and Lake Maggiore) is regulated by a 1986 agreement between Switzerland and Italy. The current agreement on
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over control of Alpine traffic from 1218 to 1227. As the lake and its shores became progressively incorporated into the
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separates the northern (27.5 km; 10.6 sq mi) and southern (21.4 km; 8.3 sq mi)
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Institute of Earth Sciences of the University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland IST-SUPSI (2009).
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phosphorus levels in the northern basin were six times too high and in the southern basin twice too high
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at that time measurements indicated some improvement, but this was unlikely to continue at the same pace
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According to Legambiente, the only reason swimming was not banned on the Italian Lakes was because the
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The lake is navigable, and used by a considerable number of private vessels. Passenger boats of the
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Places on the lake in Switzerland (CH) and in Italy (I) include (from Lugano, clockwise):
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There are various mountains and tourist destinations on the shores of the lake including
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The lake is full of fish. Apart from a few protected areas, such as the mouth of the
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The Swiss-Italian organisation CIPAIS in its most recent published report says:
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there were almost permanent polluted layers at the bottom of the very deep lake
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dominion of the County of Sperio. Circa 1000, it came under the control of the
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CIPAIS Commissione Internazionale per la Protezione delle Acque Italo-Svizzere
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was introduced. Since 1950 attempts have been made to introduce the whitefish
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oxygen was scarce and could not be found below 100 m (330 ft) depth
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northern basin. The culminating point of the lake's drainage basin is the
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is situated south of the lake. Also located to the south is the
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to be "heavily polluted" (more than 1,000 UFC/100 ml
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concentrations, means it is unclear if the lake will recover.
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as a result phosphorus levels were increasing at this depth
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and offer residents other advantageous tax privileges.
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Vol. 17 (11th ed.). p. 115. 1654:from the Federal Office for the Environment 1648:from the Federal Office for the Environment 1433:"The condition of the lakes in Switzerland" 966:, factors, such as lake retention time and 27:Lake in two countries;Italy and Switzerland 2226:List of dams and reservoirs in Switzerland 2074: 2060: 1680: 1666: 686:Porlezza, at the head of the lake in Italy 2081: 1577: 1066: 924: 681: 673: 553: 1518:North Italy lakes are heavily polluted 14: 2265: 935:SocietĂ  Navigazione del Lago di Lugano 658:. Today the causeway also carries the 2221:List of mountain lakes of Switzerland 2055: 1661: 527:. It was cited for the first time by 438:North basin, South basin, Ponte Tresa 361:565.6 km (218.4 sq mi) 1621:Historical Dictionary of Switzerland 678:Lake Lugano with the Melide causeway 515:. 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Index

Ceresio
Lake Langano
Lombard

Lake Lugano is located in Canton of Ticino
Lake Lugano is located in Lombardy
Lake Lugano is located in Switzerland
Lake Lugano is located in Italy
Lake Lugano is located in Alps

Ticino
Lombardy
45°59′N 8°58′E / 45.983°N 8.967°E / 45.983; 8.967
Primary inflows
Vedeggio
Cassarate
Cuccio
Mara
Laveggio
Magliasina
Bolletta
Scairolo
Primary outflows
Tresa
Catchment area
Basin
Residence time
Lugano
Melide
Campione d'Italia

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