Lake Lungern

Lake Lungern Lungerersee Lungernsee
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Location	Obwalden
Coordinates	46°48′9″N 8°9′48″E / 46.80250°N 8.16333°E / 46.80250; 8.16333Coordinates: 46°48′9″N 8°9′48″E / 46.80250°N 8.16333°E / 46.80250; 8.16333
Primary inflows	Lauibach, Eibach
Primary outflows	Sarner Aa
Basin countries	Switzerland
Max. length	2 km
Max. width	200 -800 m
Surface area	2.01 km²
Max. depth	68 m
Surface elevation	688 m
Settlements	Lungern

Lake Lungern (German: Lungerersee, also spelled Lungernsee or Lungerensee) is a small natural lake in Obwalden, Switzerland which is named after the town Lungern on its shore. The lake is drained by the Sarner Aa river, which flows through the Sarnersee and into Lake Lucerne.^[1]

The lake was originally much larger, and covered a large part of the valley it is situated in. Starting in 1836, its level was lowered by 36 metres through an artificial drainage tunnel of 380 m length.^[2] It is used as reservoir.

External links

• Edy von Wyl: Lungernsee in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

• Media related to Lake Lungern at Wikimedia Commons

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