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  List of lakes of Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lake of Lugano (Lago di Lugano) - 48.7 km²
Lake Walen (or Walensee, Lake Walenstadt) - 24.1 km²
Lake Murten (Lac Morat, Murtensee) - 23.0 km²
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Switzerland   (128 words)

  
 Lake Walen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lake Walen (German: Walensee) is a lake at the border between Canton of St. Gallen and Canton of Glarus in Switzerland.
The lake is one of the larger lakes in Switzerland with an area of 24.1 km², about 2/3 of which belongs to St. Gallen.
The Churfirsten range raises steeply on the North side from lake level (419 m a.s.l.) to 2300 m.a.s.l.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lake_Walen   (150 words)

  
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WALENSEE, also called the LAKE OF WALENSTADT, a Swiss lake between the basins of the Rhine and the Linth (Limmat), lying S.E. of the Lake of Zurich.
Near its western end the Linth has been diverted through the Escher canal (completed in 1811) into the lake, from which it soon again issues in order, by means of the Linth canal (completed in 1816), to flow into the Lake of Zurich.
On the south side the hills rise less steeply from the shore (on which are Muhlehorn and Murg) towards the fine terrace of the Kerenzenberg, on which are the frequented summer resorts of Obstalden and Filzbach, backed on the south by the singularly imposing crags of the Murtschenstock (8012 ft.).
encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?content_id=69247&locale=en   (343 words)

  
 Walenstadt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Walenstadt is 487 kilometers or 302 miles from Trier.
The general area is called Heidiland and you easily imagine her and her grandfather living in the rugged Alps surrounding Lake Wallen.
There is no road on the back side of the lake, the Alps come right down to the water.
home.mchsi.com /~jbglenn35/wal.html   (229 words)

  
 WALENSEE - Online Information article about WALENSEE
LAKE OF WALENSTADT, a Swiss lake between the basins of the See also:
size (Quinten), while above it rise the cliffs of the seven-peaked range of the Kurfursten (7576 ft.), at the west end of which the village of Amden nestles in a hollow high above the lake.
The small towns of Weesen and Walenstadt are situated respectively at the western and the eastern extremities of the lake, a railway along the south shore of which connects them with each other (11 m.).
encyclopedia.jrank.org /VIR_WAT/WALENSEE.html   (435 words)

  
 20 July 2000: Along lake Walensee.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
There were lots of minor ups and downs on the narrow space left between the railway line and the lake.
It was very steep, too, sometimes the road seemed to be nailed to the outside of the mountain side that had an almost vertical drop.
They were just above the water surface of the lake, and it gave a rather sensational feeling to hear the sounds of water washing towards the mountain echoing all through the tunnel.
home.online.no /~enytroen/euro2000/e000720.htm   (645 words)

  
 Tour of the Alps 1994
The lake on the summit was ice free and the weather ahead looked better than the clouds that were piling up behind in the west.
There is no descent as such, the road rolls almost flat from the summit along the lake, past Sils to the Silvaplana lake (1791m) and on to the St Moritz lake (1768m) in front of the grand hotels where only nobility hobnobbed in the early part of this century.
The Misurina lake was smooth as glass for the first time in my experience, so I took a reflecting pool photo of the Tre Cime di Laveredo, and from the other end of the lake, I took the view back to the eastern Dolomites.
www.trentobike.org /Countries/Europe/Tour_Reports/Tour_of_the_Alps/1994/Tour_of_the_Alps_94.html   (12016 words)

  
 Tour of the Alps 1995 - Part 4
At first the lake seems small but it soon becomes evident that it is a long ride to the other end, where the road finally begins to descend at the dam.
I took the path from Mels to the lake at Walenstadt (427m) and rode along the lake to where the road to Karenzerberg (743m) a small pass that cuts off just before Muehlehorn to go over the corner of the mountain into canton Glarus.
The Kloental to the west of Glarus is especially narrow with a lake filling the bottom of the high valley that ends on the Pragel pass (1550m) to Schwyz.
www.trentobike.org /Countries/Europe/Tour_Reports/Tour_of_the_Alps/1995/4.html   (3784 words)

  
 Kontaktstelle für Wirtschaft - Tourismus - English
Lake Walenstadt (Walensee) tempts you to sail and swim.
The steep cliffs of the Glärnisch mountain are reflected in Klöntalersee (lake at 800 m above sea level).
Boat trips on the Lake of Walenstadt (Walensee) from Weesen to Quinten – Walenstadt.
www.glarusnet.ch /tourismus/htm/to_eng.htm   (1116 words)

  
 The Timeshare Beat: Wine in Switzerland
with a special light, wine-leaves are orange, yellow, brown coloured - the lake lays blue there, the Salève behind (a high French part of the Alps) has already his first white hat of snow, and the lake is still dotted with some white sailing-boats.
A small lake with quite high mountains around.On the right side of the lake it can get nicely hot and there grows, on a small place under the rocks, some very good wine.
The village Walenstadt is not a tourist hotspot- but worth a visit.
www.thetimesharebeat.com /europe/euro10.htm   (1142 words)

  
 Two Lakes
For the winter we shall be monitoring construction on the house along the lake rather than the lake.
These scenes are from my terrace overlooking the village of Weesen, SG and toward the east along the road extending up to the Amden resort areas and across the Walensee to Walenstadt.
The Swiss mountains are ten times higher and the lake is ten times deeper.
www.deanlebaron.com /_derived/webcam.php   (280 words)

  
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Just a view of their mini harbor on this big lake.
I like being able to stick my head out of the window, we should have that here, but I can see a lot of dumb people getting their heads, hands, and arms cut off.
This little town, Walenstadt, had the "goat" thing going on instead of the Bears like Zürich.
swamosulak.50webs.com /zurich.html   (412 words)

  
 COREGONID :: International Symposium
LEHTONEN, H. Growth and population structure of whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus (L.)) in mountain lakes of northern Finland, p.
APPENZELLER, A.R. Seasonal variability patterns of acoustic estimates of fish biomass and fish size in a lake dominated by coregonids (Lake Constance), p.
PTAK, J.K. Size, depth, and frequency of pelagic Lake Constance whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus L.) shoals during the seasons: a hydroacoustic study, p.
www.keyland.pl /ISBMCF/p1998.html   (1129 words)

  
 Bike Tours Direct -- Europe Bicycle Tours
Individual sections of the cycle paths at the Walen lake are closed on weekend for cyclists, that's why you must change over for short distances to the wheel strips at the road.
You cycle along the bank of the deep-blue lake, which lies embedded between the powerful mountain world, till Walenstadt.
You follow the Lake Constance bike path, pass Rorschach and Arbon, one of the oldest settlement places in the Lake Constance area.
www.biketoursdirect.com /?location=tourdetail&tid=205&cid=20   (569 words)

  
 The Cross-Swiss Walk - Walenstadt to Braunwald
This is pleasant and with good views of the Churfirsten but the path down is a steep, slippery, twisting Sciatica Special to the lakeside.
Then, it is gently up and down to Quinten on the lake shore, which someone said is the nicest place in St Gallen Kanton but is very twee in a Hampsteady sort of way.
A Canadian family, temporarily resident in Switzerland, were camping near the lake (camper truck brought over).
www.art-science.com /Ken/Alpine/XSwiss/alpine3a.html   (832 words)

  
 Lake Walen - Kerenzerberg
The gulls wait for food and the people prepare themselves for the coming summer season.
In the little, car-free village of Quinten on Lake Walen one can enjoy the Mediterranean climate while having a glass of wine.
The mood and atmosphere in the well-known car-free Quinten on Lake Walen is special and unique in winter.Regular ship shuttle service Murg-Quinten.
www.kerenzerberg.ch /en/navpage.cfm?category=Destinations&subcat=Walensee   (91 words)

  
 Zurich Hostels
Marvel at the stunning lake to the left of the train.
In Quentin, there is a restaurant that specializes in fish from the lake and the Quentner wine made from the vines of that tiny little winery over there.
I cannot emphasize enough how awe-inspiring, dramatic, and beautiful this lake is. It's also ecologically unique because of the way it is oriented, but I won't get into that here.
www.hostelz.com /hostels/Switzerland/Zurich   (1389 words)

  
 Two Lakes
A new pan-tilt webcam was set up by Chris Gmuer in Switzerland and organized on the lake by Jim Bradley.
The cam location is on the east shore of Lake Sunapee (New Hampshire....USA) looking west.
The lake is fiord-like, the deepest in Switzerland, and ringed by mountains on all sides.
www.deanlebaron.com /webcam.php   (245 words)

  
 Food
From June through August, passengers will be able to savor culinary creativity from the Lake Lucerne region, followed by Switzerland’s Northern wine country in the Fall and the region of Wallis starting in December.
There are some vines at Quinten, a former Roman settlement, on a side of Lake Walen only accessible by boat or by foot.
Near the St. Gallen end of Lake Zurich there are vineyards at Rapperswil and Jona.
www.visiteuropeonline.com /switzerland/food.htm   (3154 words)

  
 CMPG-Publications
Kirchhofer A and Largiadèr CR (1999) The management of the whitefish populations of Lake Walenstadt [official report to the Fisheries Department of the Canton of St. Gallen; in German] - Die Bewirtschaftung der Felchenbestände im Walensee.
Largiadèr, CR (2000) Genetic differentiation between Lake trout populations of Lake Brienz and Lake Thun [official report to the Fisheries Department of the Canton of Bern; in German] - Genetische Differenzierung zwischen Seeforellenpopulationen des Brienzer- und Thunersees.
Largiadèr CR and Excoffier L (2002) Genetic differentiation among migratory and sedentary brown trout populations of Lake Thun and its affluents [official report to the Fisheries Department of the Canton of Bern; in German] - Genetische Untersuchung der Bach- und Seeforellepopulationen des Thunerseegebiets.
www.cmpg.unibe.ch /publications-iframes.htm   (7071 words)

  
 Geo ship on lake walen - Amden Weesen
In case you would like to learn more about their origin, you can now do so combined with the experience of a cruise on the lake.
Accompanied by a geologist who will competently orient you on the creation of the landscape, the lake and the region you will disembark at Betlis a good hour later and proceed on foot to the extremely interesting Rin Source.
After viewing this unusual waterfall you return on the same ship to the point of embarkation in Weesen or Walenstadt.
www.amden.ch /en/navpage-GroupsClubs-GroupsSu-6141.html   (149 words)

  
 Charming hotels in Switzerland
Family owned and operated holiday-hotel in the hiking area on the sunny plateau high above the lake of walenstadt.
Nestled in the remote Trient Valley of the Valais region in Switzerland, Les Marecottes is situated midway between Martigny and...
Our hotel lies in the midst of subtropical, luxurious vegetation with an exceptional view of the lake and mountains.
www.silencehotel.com /liste_rThemCountry-437.html   (286 words)

  
 Wartau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Description : View of Palfries in Wartau, in the holiday region Walenstadt.
Walenstadt changed its name in 1997, and became "Heidiland" (literally "Heidi's country", the little girl of the novel)
No part of this site may be reproduced in any form or by any means without our prior written permission.
switzerland.isyours.com /E/photo-gallery/heidiland/palfries-wartau.html   (130 words)

  
 Cartographica Helvetica 23 (2001) 27-34: Summary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
He supervised the project execution: the Linth River in the Canton of Glarus (Escher Canal) was diverted into Lake of Walenstadt (the Walensee) which acted as a natural reservoir.
From there the tamed Linth (Linth Canal) flowed into Lake Zurich.
In order to finance this enormous project, a stockholder company was founded – a novelty for Switzerland.
www.stub.unibe.ch /dach/ch/ch/summaries/e23c.html   (191 words)

  
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To get from one lake to the other is not always a walk in the park...
Later on, Lake Zug awaits with cherries in every variety and at Lake Aegeri we are reminded that here centuries ago the Swiss Confederates forced the occupying Habsburg army to flee.
In Sargans the Lakes Route leads into the Rhine valley and from now on it's plain sailing on the Rhine dam through the Principality of Liechtenstein and into Buchs.
www.connectiontours.com /Cycling_Lakes_Route_06_E.doc   (2208 words)

  
 Ancient Ice Ages AND Submarine Landslides, but NOT Noah's Flood: A Review of M.J. Oard's assault on multiple glaciations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In glacial or temperate lakes, for example, the light layers may form from sediment runoff during the summers, while the dark layers may represent organic matter that settled during the winters.
1147 in Fischer and Roberts, 1991), this means that the area experienced deep lake conditions as the Tipton was deposited, followed by the drier conditions of the Wilkins Peak and finally BACK to the deeper water of the Laney Member.
That is, the bottom waters of lakes may not experience frequent seasonal mixing and aeration, especially in depositional environments like those of the Green River Formation, where the bottom waters were probably saltier and, therefore more dense, than the surface waters (Drever, 1997, p.
home.austarnet.com.au /stear/henke_oard1.htm   (17773 words)

  
 St. Gallen-Walzenhausen Swiss Q - Rebstein, Saint Gallen | Away.com
Set on a balcony above Lake Constance, our hotel gives you the perfect symbiosis of mountain and lake for a relaxing stay.
Away from the bustling and hectic everday life, yet only a short distance to major cities.
Stunning views of the lake and its vast health infrastructure make the hotel a preferred spot for relaxing short holidays.
travel.away.com /hotels/travel-hotel-details-id43181-St.-Gallen-Walzenhausen-Swiss-Q-320762-Rebstein-Switzerland.html   (270 words)

  
 Switzerland HQ : Swiss Pass
A certain Frenchman, Georges Rossini of Thonon on Lake Geneva, has set up fourtesting Alpine routes, or 'Raids'.
Short introduction to the principal attractions of this canton boarded by highmountains and the Lake of Walenstadt (in German: Walensee).
A new international football (soccer) league in Tokyo with 18 teams playingregular fixtures in 2 divisions of 9 teams.
switzerlandhq.com /swisspass/index.php   (816 words)

  
 Mols, Switzerland
About 2km/1mi from Unterterzen is Mols (432 m/1,417ft), after which the road curves to the right under a wooded spur with the ruins of Bommerstein Castle.
It then passes a camping site on the left and the Walenstadt beach at the end of the lake.
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www.planetware.com /walensee/mols-ch-sg-mo.htm   (76 words)

  
 Heidiland Holiday Region. - Switzerland Tourism
Bring Heidi to life in the original setting of scented alpine meadows and the rustic huts of Alp Schwarzbüel.
A beautiful walk from Walenstadt to the car-free village of Quinten with its picturesque vineyards.
Discover the history of "wellness"- live in the Tamina gorge and in the "Altes Bad Pfäfers"- museum, then try it out for yourself in the relaxing thermal baths of Bad Ragaz
www.myswitzerland.com /en/navpage-Summer-Destinations-28784.html   (96 words)

  
 Flumserberg - Prodkamm
Family business at the end of the 4er-chair-lift Prodalp-Prodkamm, at the hiking path Prodkamm-Maschgenkamm.
Beautiful view of the Churfirsten, the lake Walenstadt and the Bünderland.
We are looking forward to your visit family Bless.
www.flumserberg.ch /winter/en/offer/gastronomie/bergrestaurants/prodkamm.htm   (42 words)

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