Lake Geneva

E8337
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.

Monthey → locatedNear → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Saint-Genis-Pouilly → locatedNear → Lake Geneva ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Geneva region
Anières → locatedOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Ariana Park → locatedOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Bellevue → locatedOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Clarens, Switzerland → locatedOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Collonge-Bellerive → locatedOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Corsier-sur-Vevey → locatedOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
English Garden of Geneva → locatedOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Expo 64 (Lausanne) → locatedOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Geneva → locatedOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Geneva metropolitan area → locatedOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Genthod → locatedOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Hermance → locatedOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
subject surface form: La Tour-de-Peilz
Lausanne, Switzerland → locatedOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
subject surface form: Lausanne
Lausanne → locatedOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Montreux → locatedOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Nyon → locatedOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Pregny-Chambésy → locatedOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Thonon-les-Bains → locatedOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
University of Lausanne → locatedOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Versoix → locatedOn → Lake Geneva ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lac Léman
Corsier-sur-Vevey → locatedOnShoreOf → Lake Geneva ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lac Léman
Pregny-Chambésy → locatedOnShoreOf → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Hermance → locatedOnWaterbody → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Dranse → mouth → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Venoge → mouth → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Versoix River → mouth → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Morges River → mouthLocation → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Aubonne → mouthOfWatercourse → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Assembly Hall → near → Lake Geneva ⓘ
subject surface form: Evian Championship
Ferney-Voltaire → near → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Gare de Genève-Cornavin → near → Lake Geneva ⓘ
GVA → nearbyWaterBody → Lake Geneva ⓘ
subject surface form: Geneva Airport
Lavaux vineyards → overlooks → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Old Town of Geneva → overlooks → Lake Geneva ⓘ
St. Pierre Cathedral → overlooks → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Rhône River → passesThroughLake → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Jet d'Eau → symbolOf → Lake Geneva ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Geneva region
Venoge → tributaryOf → Lake Geneva ⓘ
Jet d'Eau → waterSource → Lake Geneva ⓘ