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Lake Zug

Coordinates:47°7′N8°29′E/ 47.117°N 8.483°E/47.117; 8.483
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Lake Zug
Zugersee(German)
Lake Zug is located in Canton of Zug
Lake Zug
Lake Zug
Lake Zug is located in Canton of Lucerne
Lake Zug
Lake Zug
Lake Zug is located in Canton of Schwyz
Lake Zug
Lake Zug
Lake Zug is located in Switzerland
Lake Zug
Lake Zug
Lake Zug is located in Alps
Lake Zug
Lake Zug
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LocationCentral Switzerland
Coordinates47°7′N8°29′E/ 47.117°N 8.483°E/47.117; 8.483
Primary inflowsLorze
Primary outflowsLorze
Catchment area204 km2(79 sq mi)
BasincountriesSwitzerland
Max. length13.8 km (8.6 mi)
Max. width4.7 km (2.9 mi)
Surface area38.3 km2(14.8 sq mi)
Average depth83.2 m (273 ft)
Max. depth197 m (646 ft)
Water volume3.2 km3(0.77 cu mi)
Residence time14.7 years
Surface elevation417 m (1,368 ft)
Sections/sub-basinsObersee, Untersee
SettlementsZug,Arth,Buonas,Cham,Immensee,Oberwil,Risch,Walchwil,Meierskappel
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Lake Zug(German:Zugersee) is a lake inCentral Switzerland,situated betweenLake LucerneandLake Zurich.It stretches for 14 km (8.7 mi) betweenArthand theCham-Zugbay. TheLorzeas the main feeder river empties its waters into the lake at its northern extremity, but 1 km (0.6 mi) further west issues from the lake to pursue its course towards theReuss.Due to this poor feeding, Environmental protection is very important as the lake would suffer long term damage if polluted as the second of the rivers,Rigiaa,feeds only a marginal amount into the lake at its southern end. Already a great part of the fauna in the deep parts of the lake has been lost.

Background

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Lake Zug with view ofRigi

The lake is mostly within the borders of theCanton of Zug,with about 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi) at its southern end in the cantonSchwyz,while theCanton of Lucerneclaims about 2 km2(0.77 sq mi) to the north ofImmensee.Toward the south-west extremity of the lake theRigidescends rather steeply to the water's edge, while part of its east shore forms a narrow level band at the foot of the 1,583 m (5,194 ft)Rossberg,and theZugerberg.The culminating point of the lake's drainage basin is the summit of the Rigi at 1,798 m (5,899 ft).[1]

At its northern end, the shores are nearly level, while on the west shore the wooded promontory of Buonas (with its castles, old and new) projects picturesquely into the waters. The principal place on the lake is the town ofZug.Three railways follow the shore of the lake, one fromZürichvia Zug andArth-GoldautoSaint-Gotthard,one fromLucernevia Arth-Goldau to Saint-Gotthard, and the third from Zürich via Zug to Lucerne.

Many fish (includingpikeandcarpof considerable weights) are taken in the lake, which is especially famous for anendemickind oftrout(Salmo salvelinus,locally calledRolheli).[2]

History

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The firststeamerwas placed on the lake in 1852.[2]

In the early 20th century, a railway (formerly part of theSt. Gotthardmain route) ran along its eastern shore pastWalchwiltoArthat its south end, which was connected initially by a steamtramwaywith theArth-Goldaustation of the St. Gotthard line. This line runs fromArthalong the western shore to Immensee, where it bears south-west to Lucerne, while from Immensee another railway leads (at first some way from the shore) toCham,5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Zug.[2]

Settlements

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Public Transportation

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Public transportation on Lake Zug is done by the Zugersee Schifffahrt /Schifffahrtsgesellschaft für den Zugersee AG (SGZ).[3]

Präfix Name Year / Origin / Warft Length / wide / deep / max. Pax. Note: Picture
MS Zug 2003 /Linz/ Österreichische Schiffswerften AG[4] 45,60 m / 9,20 m / 1,20 m / 450 in use
MS Schwyz 1997 / Kressbronn /Bodan-Werft 31,20 m / 7,00 m / 1,00 m / 150 in use
MS Rigi 1992 / Kressbronn / Bodan Werft 46,50 m / 9,50 m / 1,60 m / 450 in use
MS Schwan 1923 /Lauenburg an der Elbe/Hitzler Werft 17,23 m / 3,67 m / 0,40 m ex.Morgarten(1923-1949); ex.Harder(1949-2001); in use

References

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  • "Products for Zugersee - Zug (EDV: 2017)".Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN). 23 May 2009.Retrieved2009-05-23.
  1. ^1:25,000 topographic map(Map).Swisstopo.Retrieved2014-07-30.
  2. ^abcOne or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Coolidge, William Augustus Beevoort(1911). "Zug, Lake of".InChisholm, Hugh(ed.).Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1048.
  3. ^Die Flotte
  4. ^Geschichte
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