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Lake Geneva ( French: Lac Léman, Le Léman or Lac de Genève) is the largest freshwater lake in central Europe, divided between France ( Haute-Savoie) and Switzerland (cantons of Vaud, Geneva, and Valais).
A great crescent shape of blue water, it is 73 km (45 mi) long, at its widest it is 14 km (8.7 mi) and its maximum depth is 310 m (169.5 fathoms). It covers approximately 582 km² (224.7 mi²This article is about the unit of measure. In England, the Square Mile is a traditional name for the City of London. A square mile (symbol sq. or mi is an imperial unit which is the area of a square whose side is one mile (or 5,280 feet). A square mile is) of total area. The volume of water is estimated at 88.9 billion m³The cubic metre (symbol m is the SI derived unit of volume. It is the volume of a cube with edges one metre in length. Older, now unofficial, equivalents were the stere and the kilolitre''. 1 cubic metre is equal to: 1,000 litres 1,000 cubic decimetres 1, (23.5 trillion gallonThe gallon is a unit of volume used for measuring liquids. In the US a gallon is 3. 78541 litres: see U. customary units An Imperial gallon is 4. 54609 litres: see Imperial unit. At one time, the volume of a gallon depended on what you were measuring, ands) with a catchment areaFor a term related to television programmes, see watershed (television). A watershed or water basin is the region of land that drains into a specified body of water, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean. Rain that falls anywhere within a given body of wat of 7,975 km² (3,079 mi²). The crescent shape is deformed around YvoireYvoire is a village on the south shore of the Lake Geneva in the French departement of Haute-Savoie. It is well known for its medieval buildings and beautiful flower decoration during the summer season. Being located at the tip of the Leman peninsula pres on the southern shore, the lake can thus be divided into the "Grand Lac" to the east and the "Petit Lac" to the west.
Lake Geneva lies on the course of the Rhône River. The river has its source in the Furkapass to the east of the lake and flows down through the Canton Valais, entering the lake between VilleneuveThere are persons that have the name Villeneuve: Gilles Villeneuve Formula One driver Jacques Villeneuve his son, also a Formula One driver and 1995 IndyCar champion Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral during the Napoleonic Wars There are also place and St. Gingolph , before flowing slowly towards its egress at Geneva. Other tributaries are the Drance , L'Aubonne , La Morges , Venoge , and Veveyse .
The shore between Geneva and Lausanne is called La Côte, and between Lausanne and Vevey it is called Lavaux .
The first recorded name of the lake is Lacus Lemannus from Roman times; it became Lacus Lausonius, Lacus Losanetes and then the Lac de Lausanne in the Middle Ages. Following the rise of Geneva it became Lac de Genève (also translated into English as Lake Geneva). In the 18th century, Lac Léman was revived in French. It's usually called Lac de Genève in Geneva and Lac Léman elsewhere. Certain maps name the lake the Lac d'Ouchy.
A note on pronunciation (in SAMPA Chart) —
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