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The Walensee, also known as Lake Walen or Lake Walenstadt from Walenstadt, is one of the larger lakes in Switzerland, with about two thirds of its area in the Canton of St. Gallen and about one third in the Canton of Glarus. Other towns and villages at the lake include Weesen, Quinten, Quarten, and Murg.

Walensee
Lake Walen Lake Walenstadt
Walensee and Unterterzen, Quarten
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Location	St. Gallen, Glarus
Coordinates	47°7′N 9°12′E
Primary inflows	Linth (Escherkanal), Seez, Murgbach
Primary outflows	Linth canal
Basin countries	Switzerland
Surface area	24.19 km2 (9.34 sq mi)
Average depth	104.7 m (344 ft)
Max. depth	151 m (495 ft)
Water volume	2.5 km3 (2,000,000 acre⋅ft)
Residence time	1.4258 years
Surface elevation	419 m (1,375 ft)
Islands	Schnittlauchinsel
Settlements	Walenstadt, Weesen, Quinten, Quarten, Murg

The three main rivers leading to the lake are the Seez, Murgbach, and Linth. The last continues its course from Walensee to Lake Zurich. The Schnittlauchinsel, at the eastern end of the lake, is the only island in the Walensee.

The Churfirsten range raises steeply on the north side from the lake's level at 419 m to 2,306 m above sea level. On the south, the lake is overlooked by the Mürtschenstock Massif, whose peak is 2,441 m above sea level. The highest point of the lake's drainage basin is the Tödi (3,614 m).[1]

The lake provided the inspiration for a solo piano piece by Hungarian Romantic composer Franz Liszt, Au lac de Wallenstadt. The piece is part of a collection of solo piano works inspired by his travels to Switzerland in the 1830s.

Gallery

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  Aerial image of the Walensee
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  Looking to the west towards Amden

References

External links

• Media related to Walensee at Wikimedia Commons
• Waterlevels of Walensee at Murg
• Coolidge, William Augustus Brevoort (1911). "Walensee" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). p. 258.

На других языках

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[de] Walensee

Der Walensee (rätoromanisch Lag Rivaun?/i) ist ein See in den östlichen Voralpen in der Schweiz und liegt in den Kantonen St. Gallen und Glarus. Hauptzufluss und Abfluss des Walensees ist die Linth.

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- [en] Walensee

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[es] Lago de Walen

El lago de Walen (en alemán: Walensee) es un lago situado en la Suiza Oriental, entre los cantones de San Galo y Glaris. Se encuentra en un valle dominado por las cumbres de la sierra Churfirsten, con desfiladeros de más de 1000 metros de desnivel en la orilla norte. El lago está a una altitud de 419 msnm y ocupa una superficie de 24 km². Su profundidad máxima es de 151 m.

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[fr] Lac de Walenstadt

Le lac de Walenstadt (en allemand Walensee) est un lac suisse situé dans les cantons de Saint-Gall et de Glaris.

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[it] Lago di Walenstadt

Il lago di Walenstadt (in tedesco Walensee, in francese lac de Walensee) è un lago della Svizzera orientale, al confine tra i cantoni di San Gallo e Svitto.

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[ru] Валензе

Валензе (нем. Walensee, фр. Lac de Walenstadt, романш. Lag Rivaun (инф.)[источник не указан 800 дней]; устар. передача Валленское озеро[1]) — озеро в северо-восточных предгорьях Альп в Швейцарии, одно из крупнейших озёр страны. Водная поверхность озера находится на высоте 419 м над уровнем моря, площадь зеркала — 24,1 км², объём воды — 2,49 км³, максимальная глубина — 150 м[2].

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