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1015:List of lakes of Switzerland
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948:Lake Murten
936:Lake Lugano
918:Lake Geneva
900:Lake Brienz
887:Major lakes
839:(in German)
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791:Lake Brienz
697:Brienzersee
525:A8 motorway
480:Ringgenberg
437:Grindelwald
409:Switzerland
393:Brienzersee
385:Lake Brienz
373:Ringgenberg
349:Settlements
266:Max. length
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136:Lake Brienz
106:Lake Brienz
76:Lake Brienz
29:Brienzersee
22:Lake Brienz
1087:Aare basin
1066:Categories
980:(Zugersee)
972:Lake Walen
914:(Untersee)
908:(Bodensee)
767:2012-12-13
742:2012-12-13
717:2017-12-11
672:2013-01-03
605:References
484:Niederried
472:Interlaken
439:, and the
365:Niederried
319:2.69 years
298:Max. depth
274:Max. width
966:Lake Thun
894:Lake Biel
702:swisstopo
637:(1911). "
538:Lake Thun
510:funicular
476:Iseltwald
464:Lake Thun
429:LĂĽtschine
417:Giessbach
403:, in the
361:Iseltwald
221:Giessbach
217:LĂĽtschine
978:Lake Zug
488:Oberried
421:Faulhorn
369:Oberried
152:Location
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