Lake Lucerne
lake at Lucerne, Switzerland
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Summary
Lake Lucerne is a lake[1]. It ranks in the top 0.99% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,076 views/month, #54 of 5,436).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Canton of Uri[3], Canton of Lucerne[4], Canton of Obwalden[5], Canton of Schwyz[6], Canton of Nidwalden[7]
- Country: Switzerland[8]
- Instance of: area not part of a municipality of Switzerland[9]
- Named after: Lucerne[10], Waldstätte[11]
- Inflows: Reuss[12], Sarner Aa[13], Engelberger Aa[14], Muota[15], Altdorfer Dorfbach[16]
- Outflows: Reuss[17]
- Basin country: Switzerland[18]
- Has use: water transport[19]
- Commons category: Lake Lucerne[20]
- Coordinate location: 47.0194, 8.4011[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lake Lucerne[22]
- Commons gallery: Vierwaldstättersee[23]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[24], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26]
- Native label: Vierwaldstättersee[27]
- Length: 30[28]
- Elevation above sea level: 434[29]
- Area: 113.6[30]
- Width: 3[31]
- Watershed area: 1831[32]
- Volume as quantity: 11,800[33]
- Perimeter: 145.596[34]
- Residence time of water: 3.4[35]
- Vertical depth: 214[36]
- Mountain range: Alps[37]
- Drainage basin: Rhine basin[38]
Why It Matters
Lake Lucerne has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]