Lake Como
lake in Lombardy, Italy
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Lake Como is a glacial lake. It is in Italy.
It has an area of 145. Its elevation is 198..
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lombardy[3]
- Country: Italy[4]
- Inflows: Adda[5], Albano[6], Caldone waterfall[7], Pioverna[8], Breggia[9], Liro[10], Torrente Gerenzone[11], Cosia[12], Rio Torto (Lombardia)[13], Telo[14], Varrone[15], Torrente Esino[16], Mera[17]
- Outflows: Adda[18]
- Part of: Italian Lakes[19]
- Commons category: Lake Como[20]
- Official website: https://www.lakecomo.is[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lake Como[22]
- Commons gallery: Lago di Como[23]
- Depicted by: Lake Como[24]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[25], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[26], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[27], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[29], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[30]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths on Lake Como[31]
- Native label: Lago di Como[32]
- Category of associated people: Q32670387[33]
- Length: 46 km[34]
- Elevation above sea level: 198 m[35]
- Area: 145 km²[36]
- Width: 4.5 km[37]
- Watershed area: 4572 km²[38]
- Volume as quantity: 22,500 cubic hectometre[39]
- Perimeter: 170 km[40]
- Geography of topic: geography of Lake Como[41]
- Residence time of water: 4.5 years[42]
- Vertical depth: 410 m[43], 154 m[44]
- Mountain range: Alps[45]
Body
Cultural Significance
Things named for Lake Como include state road 36[46], a road[47], in Italy[48]; Como Nord Lago railway station[49], a railway station[50], in Italy[51]; and Como[52], a suburb[53], in Australia[54].
Why It Matters
Lake Como has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]
Entities named for it include state road 36[46], a road[47], in Italy[48]; Como Nord Lago railway station[49], a railway station[50], in Italy[51]; and Como[52], a suburb[53], in Australia[54].