Lake Brienz

General data

Water type: Natural lake
Progression: 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, Mountain
Continents: Europe
Countries: Switzerland

Description

Lake Brienz (German: Brienzersee) is a natural lake just north of the Alps, in the canton of Berne in Switzerland. It has a length of about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi), a width of 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) and a maximum depth of 260 metres (850 ft). Its area is 29.8 square kilometres (11.5 sq mi), and the surface is 564 metres (1,850 ft) above the sea-level. It is fed, among others, by the upper reaches of the Aare at its eastern end, the Giessbach at its southern shore from steep, forested and rocky hills of the high Faulhorn and Schwarzhoren more than 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) above the lake, and by the Lütschine, flowing from the valleys of Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen, at its south-western corner. It flows out into a further stretch of the Aare at its western end. The culminating point of the lakes drainage basin is the Finsteraarhorn at 4,274 metres above sea level. The lake is poor in nutrients, and consequently, fishing is not very important. Nevertheless, in 2001 10,000 kg fish were caught.

Rivers

Lutschine

Perciformes - Perches

European perch (Perca fluviatilis)

Cypriniformes - Carps

Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio)

Chub (Squalius cephalus)

Common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

Bream (Abramis brama)

Bleak (Alburnus alburnus)

Roach (Rutilus rutilus)

Esociformes - Pikes

Northern pike (Esox lucius)

Gadiformes - Cods

Burbot (Lota lota)

Catches