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Broye Canal
The Broye (; frp, Brouye''Dictionnaire-Dikchenéro: Français-Patois/Patê-Franché''. Société cantonale des patoisans fribourgeois. Fribourg: 2013. p. 87 ) is a 68 km long river, in the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud, in Switzerland. It has a watershed area of 850 km². Presentation Its source is located in Semsales, in the Fribourgeois/Vaudois Prealps, south-west of Bulle. It flows first south-west along the Fribourgeois/Vaudois Prealps and turns north after 10 km. The direction of the river changes again near Moudon to the north-east. From Payerne, the Broye is running in a large and agricultural valley. The river flows into Lake Morat first, and then into Lake Neuchâtel through the ''Broye canal'' (French: ''Canal de la Broye''). List of Tributaries * The Petite Glâne * The Bressonne * The Lembe * The Arbogne Course *Semsales *Oron *Moudon *Lucens *Payerne * Salavaux * Lake Morat * Sugiez * La Sauge *Lake Neuchatel See also * Swiss plateau *Jura water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semsales
Semsales (; frp, Semsâles ) is a municipality in the district of Veveyse in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Semsales is first mentioned about 1100 as ''septem salis''. Geography Semsales has an area of . Of this area, or 46.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 48.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.5% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 45.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.4% is covered with orchards or small cluste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellerive, Switzerland
Bellerive is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Bellerive, Chabrey, Constantine, Montmagny, Mur (VD), Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Vully-les-Lacs.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 17 February 2011 History Bellerive is first mentioned in 1228 as ''Balariva''.Geography 
Bellerive has an area, , of . Of this area, or 61.5 ...
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Tributaries Of Lake Neuchâtel
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream. PhysicalGeography.net, Michael Pidwirny & Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Switzerland
The following is a list of rivers in Switzerland: Rivers by length (> 100 km, only the length in Switzerland) #Rhine - 375 km - 36,494 km2 #Aare (or Aar) - 295 km - 17,779 km2 #Rhône - 264 km - 10,403 km2 #Reuss - 158 km - 3,425 km2 #Linth and Limmat together - 140 km - 2,416 km2 # Saane/La Sarine - 128 km - 1,892 km2 # Thur - 125 km Rivers by drainage area (> 1000 km2, only the area in Switzerland) #Rhine - 375 km - 36,494 km2 #Aare - 295 km - 17,779 km2 #Rhône - 264 km - 10,403 km2 #Reuss - 158 km - 3,425 km2 #Linth / Limmat - 140 km - 2,416 km2 #Inn - 104 km - 2,150 km2 # Saane/La Sarine - 128 km - 1,892 km2 # Thur - 125 km - 1,724 km2 #Ticino - 91 km - 1,616 km2 # Hinterrhein - 57.3 km - 1,693 km2 #Vorderrhein - 67.5 km - 1,514 km2 #Doubs - 74 km - 1,310 km2 # Kander - 44 km - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jura Water Correction
The correction of the waters of the Swiss Jura consisted of a wide series of hydrological undertakings carried out in Switzerland in the region of the three lakes: Lake Morat connected to Lake Neuchatel by the Broye Canal, the latter connected to Lake Bienne by the Thielle Canal, an area called the " Seeland”. These projects included the operations of cleaning, restoration and diversion of rivers. The main works took place in three distinct phases during the 19th and 20th centuries. The correction has helped regulate the hydrology. It limits the risk of flooding, particularly in the areas covered by the Aare. It has also added vast areas of valuable agricultural land through the drying out and subsequent sanitization and improvement of the swamps which used to lie between these three lakes. Many rivers have been corrected in Switzerland, for example the Rhône, which has undergone several adjustments between the 19th century and present day. However, the realignments in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Plateau
The Swiss Plateau or Central Plateau (german: Schweizer Mittelland; french: plateau suisse; it, altopiano svizzero) is one of the three major landscapes in Switzerland, lying between the Jura Mountains and the Swiss Alps. It covers about 30% of the Swiss surface area, and is partly flat but mostly hilly. The average height is between and AMSL. It is by far the most densely populated region of Switzerland, the center of economy and important transportation. Geography In the north and northwest, the Swiss Plateau is sharply delimited geographically and geologically by the Jura Mountains. In the south, there is no clear border with the Alps. Usually, the rising of the terrain to altitudes above 1500 metres AMSL (lime Alps, partly sub-alpine molasse), which is very abrupt in certain places, is taken as a criterion for delimitation. Occasionally the regions of the higher Swiss Plateau, especially the hills of the canton of Fribourg, the Napf region, the Töss region, the (lower) To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Neuchatel
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger oceans, they do form part of the Earth's water cycle. Lakes are distinct from lagoons, which are generally coastal parts of the ocean. Lakes are typically larger and deeper than ponds, which also lie on land, though there are no official or scientific definitions. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams, which usually flow in a channel on land. Most lakes are fed and drained by rivers and streams. Natural lakes are generally found in mountainous areas, rift zones, and areas with ongoing glaciation. Other lakes are found in endorheic basins or along the courses of mature rivers, where a river channel has widened into a basin. Some parts of the world have many lakes formed by the chaotic drainage patterns left over from the last ic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cudrefin
Cudrefin () is a municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Cudrefin is first mentioned in 999 as ''Curtefin''. Geography left, Cudrefin Cudrefin has an area, , of . Of this area, or 60.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 22.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 8.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.7%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haut-Vully
Haut-Vully ( frp, Hiôt-Vulyi) is a former municipality in the district of See/Lac in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Until 1977, it was officially known as ''Vully-Le-Haut''. Its German name of Oberwistenlach is now little used. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bas-Vully and Haut-Vully merged to form Mont-Vully. History Haut-Vully is first mentioned around 968-85 as ''Vuisliacense''. In 1453 it was mentioned as ''Vuilliez''. Geography Haut-Vully had an area, , of . Of this area, or 70.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 13.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 13.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.7% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucens
Lucens () is a municipality in the Broye-Vully district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. In 2017 the former municipalities of Brenles, Chesalles-sur-Moudon, Cremin, Forel-sur-Lucens and Sarzens merged into the municipality of Lucens. History Lucens is first mentioned in 964 as ''in villa Losingus''. It was formerly known by the German name ''Losingen''. In 1969 the Lucens reactor, an underground nuclear reactor, began operations. It was a pilot project to test a heavy-water moderated, carbon dioxide gas-cooled reactor. Soon after the initial start up, an undetected blockage in one of the cooling pipes led to a partial fuel meltdown and massive radioactive contamination of the underground site. Following the accident, the reactor was decommissioned and the cavern was then sealed. No humans were irradiated in the accident. Geography After the 2017 merger Lucens had an area of . Before the merger Lucens had an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of . Of this area, abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Fribourg
The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Freiburg (french: Canton de Fribourg ; german: Kanton Freiburg ; frp, Canton de Fribôrg rm, Chantun Friburg it, Canton Friburgo) is located in western Switzerland. The canton is bilingual, with French spoken by more than two thirds of the citizens and German by a little more than a quarter. Both are official languages in the canton. The canton takes its name from its capital city of Fribourg. History On the shores of Lake Neuchâtel and Lake Morat significant traces of prehistoric settlements have been unearthed. The canton of Fribourg joined the Swiss Confederation in 1481. The area is made up of lands acquired by the capital Fribourg. The present extent was reached in 1803 when Murten (Morat) was acquired. The canton of Fribourg joined the separatist league of Catholic cantons in 1846 (Sonderbund). The following year, its troops surrendered to the federal army. Geography The canton is bounded to the west by Lake Neuchâtel, to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oron-la-Ville
Oron-la-Ville is a small town and former municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Bussigny-sur-Oron, Châtillens, Chesalles-sur-Oron, Ecoteaux, Oron-la-Ville, Oron-le-Châtel, Palézieux, Les Tavernes, Les Thioleyres and Vuibroye merged on 1 January 2012 into the new municipality of Oron.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 21 December 2011 History Oron-la-Ville is first mentioned about 280 as ''Uromago''. In 1018 it was mentioned as ''Auronum''.Geography [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
