Lake Geneva

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international lake lake natural freshwater lake

Lake Geneva is a large crescent-shaped lake on the north side of the Alps, shared by Switzerland and France and renowned for its scenic beauty and surrounding cities like Geneva and Lausanne.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Lac Léman 4
Lake Geneva region 3
Lac de Genève 1
Lake Geneva (historically via Rhône River headwaters) 1
Lake Geneva basin 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international lake ⓘ
lake ⓘ
natural freshwater lake ⓘ
adjacentWineRegion Lavaux vineyards ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lake Geneva ⓘ
surface form: Lac Léman

Lake Geneva ⓘ
surface form: Lac de Genève
averageDepth about 154 m ⓘ
basinCountry France ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
bordersCity Geneva ⓘ
Lausanne ⓘ
Montreux ⓘ
Nyon ⓘ
Thonon-les-Bains ⓘ
Vevey ⓘ
Évian-les-Bains ⓘ
countryOnShore France ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
crossedBy Swiss–French border ⓘ
hasFerryService Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le lac Léman ⓘ
hasIsland Île de Peilz ⓘ
Île de la Harpe ⓘ
hasShape crescent-shaped ⓘ
inflow Aubonne ⓘ
Dranse ⓘ
Morges River ⓘ
Rhône River ⓘ
surface form: Rhône

Venoge ⓘ
Versoix River ⓘ
knownFor scenic beauty ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
vineyards along its shores ⓘ
water sports ⓘ
locatedIn France ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
locatedInCanton canton of Geneva ⓘ
surface form: Canton of Geneva

Canton of Valais ⓘ
Vaud ⓘ
surface form: Canton of Vaud
locatedInRegion Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ⓘ
surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
locatedNear Jura Mountains ⓘ
locatedOnNorthernSideOf Alps ⓘ
maximumDepth about 310 m ⓘ
maximumLength about 73 km ⓘ
maximumWidth about 14 km ⓘ
outflow Rhône River ⓘ
surface form: Rhône
partOf Rhône River ⓘ
surface form: Rhône river basin
surfaceArea about 580 km² ⓘ
surfaceElevation about 372 m above sea level ⓘ
waterVolume about 89 km³ ⓘ

Referenced by (99)

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

Grand Genève → adjacentTo → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Lake Geneva → alsoKnownAs → Lake Geneva ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lac Léman
Lake Geneva → alsoKnownAs → Lake Geneva ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lac de Genève
Île de Peilz → bodyOfWater → Lake Geneva ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lac Léman
Île de la Harpe → bodyOfWater → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Romandy → borderFeature → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Pregny-Chambésy → borderedBy → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Nyon District → borders → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Vaud → borders → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Versoix → bordersBodyOfWater → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Lavaux vineyards → climateInfluence → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Swiss Plateau → contains → Lake Geneva ⓘ
subject surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Haute-Savoie → containsLake → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Dufour Map → depictsFeature → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Morges River → drainageBasin → Lake Geneva ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Geneva basin
Morges River → drainsInto → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Rhône Glacier → feeds → Lake Geneva ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Geneva (historically via Rhône River headwaters)
Dranse → flowsInto → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Morges River → flowsInto → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Venoge → flowsInto → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Rhône River → flowsThrough → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Anières → hasCoastlineOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Genthod → hasCoastlineOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Évian-les-Bains → hasCoastlineOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Romandie → hasLake → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Vaud → hasLake → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Western Switzerland → hasLake → Lake Geneva ⓘ
canton of Geneva → hasLakeShore → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Venoge → hasMouthLocation → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Anières → hasShoreline → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Immeuble Clarté → hasView → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Ariana Park → hasViewOf → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Pont du Mont-Blanc → hasViewOf → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Thonon-les-Bains → hasWaterBody → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Anières → isLocatedOnBodyOfWater → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Anières → isOnShoreOf → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Thonon-les-Bains → isPortOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Morges River → isTributaryOf → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Geneva metropolitan area → locatedIn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Geneva region
Île de Peilz → locatedIn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Île de la Harpe → locatedIn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Jet d'Eau → locatedInOrOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Geneva basin → locatedNear → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Lancy → locatedNear → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Le Grand-Saconnex → locatedNear → Lake Geneva ⓘ