Lake Lugano

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Lake Lugano is a glacial lake in the southern Alps, straddling the border between Switzerland and Italy and known for its picturesque scenery and lakeside towns.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Lake Lugano canonical 72
Ceresio (Lake Lugano) 1
Lago di Lugano 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacial lake
subalpine lake
transboundary lake
adjacentCity Lugano
adjacentTown Agno
Bissone
Campione d’Italia
surface form: Campione d'Italia

Caslano
Gandria
Melide
Morcote
Paradiso
Porlezza
averageDepth approximately 135 metres
basinCountry Italy
Switzerland
borderForms Italian–Swiss border
surface form: Swiss–Italian border
crossedBy Melide–Bissone causeway
surface form: Melide causeway
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 271 metres
hasInflow Cassarate River
Cuccio River
Laveggio River
Ticino River
surface form: Vedeggio River
hasIsland Brissago Islands
Isola di San Giorgio
Isola di San Giorgio
surface form: Isola di San Martino
hasOutflow Tresa River
hasPart eastern basin
western basin
knownFor boating
fishing
lakeside towns
mild climate
picturesque scenery
tourism
length approximately 35 kilometres of shoreline
locatedIn southern Alps
locatedInCountry Italy
Switzerland
locatedInRegion Canton of Ticino
Lombardy
locatedInSubregion Province of Varese
locatedNear Lake Como, Italy
surface form: Lake Como

Lake Maggiore
maximumDepth approximately 288 metres
namedAfter Lugano
surface form: city of Lugano
partOf Ceresio basin
separatedBy Melide causeway
surfaceArea approximately 48.7 square kilometres

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Referenced by (75)

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

Monte San Giorgio nearestLake Lake Lugano
Intelvi stream locatedBetween Lake Lugano
San Fedele Intelvi locatedBetween Lake Lugano
Blessagno locatedBetween Lake Lugano
Pellio Intelvi locatedEastOf Lake Lugano
Claino con Osteno locatedOn Lake Lugano
Claino con Osteno hasBodyOfWater Lake Lugano
Claino con Osteno climateInfluence Lake Lugano
Paradiso locatedOn Lake Lugano
Agno locatedOn Lake Lugano
Ceresio basin associatedWith Lake Lugano
Ceresio basin drainsInto Lake Lugano
Ceresio basin hydrologicalUnitOf Lake Lugano
Insubria centeredAround Lake Lugano
Insubria borders Lake Lugano
Isola di San Giorgio locatedIn Lake Lugano
Gandria locatedOn Lake Lugano
Caslano locatedOn Lake Lugano
Porlezza locatedOn Lake Lugano
Porlezza hasBodyOfWater Lake Lugano
this entity surface form: Lago di Lugano
Cassarate River mouthOfWaterBody Lake Lugano
Cuccio River emptiesInto Lake Lugano
Laveggio River mouth Lake Lugano