Lake Murten

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glacial lake lake natural freshwater body

Lake Murten is a small glacial lake in western Switzerland, known for its scenic shores, mild climate, and location between the Jura Mountains and the Alps.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lake Murten canonical 21
Lac de Morat 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacial lake ⓘ
lake ⓘ
natural freshwater body ⓘ
averageElevation about 429 meters above sea level ⓘ
basinCountry Switzerland ⓘ
climateCharacteristic relatively mild local climate ⓘ
connectedTo Lake of Biel ⓘ
surface form: Lake Biel

Lake Neuchâtel ⓘ
connectionType canal system ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
formedDuring last Ice Age ⓘ
geologicalOrigin glacial erosion ⓘ
hasFeature bathing areas ⓘ
camping sites ⓘ
lakeside promenades ⓘ
hasIsland Ile de la Motte ⓘ
hasLanguageRegion Romandy ⓘ
surface form: French-speaking Switzerland

German-speaking Switzerland ⓘ
inflow Broye ⓘ
surface form: Broye River
knownFor mild climate ⓘ
recreational activities ⓘ
scenic shores ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
vineyards along its shores ⓘ
water sports ⓘ
locatedBetween Alps ⓘ
Jura Mountains ⓘ
locatedIn canton of Fribourg ⓘ
Canton of Vaud ⓘ
surface form: canton of Vaud
locatedInRegion Western Switzerland ⓘ
surface form: western Switzerland
locatedInValley Broye ⓘ
surface form: Broyetal (Broye Valley)
maximumDepth about 45 meters ⓘ
nearbyCity Avenches ⓘ
Murten ⓘ
nearbySettlement Faoug ⓘ
Môtier ⓘ
Praz ⓘ
outflow Broye Canal ⓘ
partOf Swiss Plateau lake system ⓘ
surface form: Swiss Plateau lake district

Three Lakes Region ⓘ
shoreUse recreation ⓘ
tourist infrastructure ⓘ
viticulture ⓘ
surfaceArea about 22.8 square kilometres ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
leisure boating ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swiss Plateau → contains → Lake Murten ⓘ
Western Switzerland → hasLake → Lake Murten ⓘ
Môtier, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland → locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater → Lake Murten ⓘ
Môtier, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland → shoreOf → Lake Murten ⓘ
Three-Lakes Region → hasLake → Lake Murten ⓘ
Jura water correction system → regulates → Lake Murten ⓘ
Aare basin → contains → Lake Murten ⓘ
Seeland region → hasLake → Lake Murten ⓘ
district of See/Lac → namedAfter → Lake Murten ⓘ
district of See/Lac → borders → Lake Murten ⓘ
district of See/Lac → hasMunicipalityAround → Lake Murten ⓘ
Vully region → borders → Lake Murten ⓘ
municipality of Mont-Vully → locatedNextTo → Lake Murten ⓘ
subject surface form: Mont-Vully
canton of Fribourg → hasLake → Lake Murten ⓘ
Lac district → namedAfter → Lake Murten ⓘ
Lac district → surrounds → Lake Murten ⓘ
Murtensee (partly) → hasFrenchName → Lake Murten ⓘ
subject surface form: Murtensee
this entity surface form: Lac de Morat
Swiss Plateau hydrological network → containsLake → Lake Murten ⓘ
cantons of Bern, Fribourg, Vaud, Neuchâtel → sharesLakeRegion → Lake Murten ⓘ
Ins → locatedNear → Lake Murten ⓘ
Jura lakes → hasPart → Lake Murten ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lac de Morat
Murten → locatedOn → Lake Murten ⓘ
Murten → hasLake → Lake Murten ⓘ