Lake Sihl

General data

Water type: Artificial lake
Progression: Sihl -> Limmat -> Aare -> Rhine -> Waal -> Upper Merwede (Boven Merwede) -> Lower Merwede (Beneden Merwede) -> Old Meuse (Oude Maas) -> Het Scheur -> Nieuwe Waterweg (New Waterway) -> North Sea -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Continental
Continents: Europe
Countries: Switzerland

Description

The Sihlsee (in English sometimes called Lake Sihl) is an artificial lake in the Swiss canton of Schwyz, near the town of Einsiedeln. The lake was created by damming the river Sihl and flooding a section of the upper Sihl Valley. The lake is the largest artificial lake of Switzerland in terms of surface with a maximum length of 8.5 kilometres and maximum width of 2.5 kilometres. The maximum depth is 17 metres, and the lake has an approximate volume of 96,000,000 m3.

Lake Sihl

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