Lake Annecy

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Lake Annecy Lac d'Annecy
With labels for towns and mountains
Coordinates	45°51′N 6°10′ECoordinates: 45°51′N 6°10′E
Primary sources	Ire, Eau morte, Laudon, Bornette and Biolon
Primary outflows	Thiou
Catchment area	251 km²
Basin countries	France
Max length	14.6 km
Max width	3.2 km
Surface area	27.59 km²
Average depth	41 m
Max depth	82 m
Water volume	1124.5 mio m³
Residence time (of lake water)	4 years
Surface elevation	446.97 m
Settlements	see list

Lake Annecy (French Lac d'Annecy) is a lake in Haute-Savoie in France.

It is the second largest lake in France, after lac du Bourget, except for the French part of lac Léman (Lake Geneva). It is known as "Europe's cleanest lake" because of strict environmental regulations introduced in the 1960s. It is a popular tourist destination known for its swimming and water sports.

The lake was formed about 18,000 years ago at the time the large alpine glaciers. It is fed by many small rivers from the surrounding mountains (Ire, Eau morte, Laudon, Bornette and Biolon), and from a powerful underwater source, the Boubioz, which enters at 82 m depth.

Contents 1 Towns and villages around the lake 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Towns and villages around the lake

• Annecy
• Annecy-le-Vieux
• Doussard
• Duingt
• Lathuile
• Menthon-Saint-Bernard
• Saint-Jorioz
• Sevrier
• Talloires
• Veyrier-du-Lac

[edit] See also

• Faverges
• Montmin

[edit] References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

[edit] External links

• http://membres.lycos.fr/fliaigre/lac.htm (in French)
• http://tip2trip.com/france/annecy/ pictures of Annecy (lake, castle, city)
• http://annecyphotos.blogspot.com/ lake annecy pictures