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Lugano, Lake

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Lugano, Lake

 or Lago Ceresio

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Lake Lugano, near Lugano, Switz.
(credit: R.G. Everts—Rapho/Photo Researchers)
Lake in Switzerland and Italy, located between Maggiore and Como lakes. Straddling the border of the two countries, it has an area of 19 sq mi (49 sq km) and a maximum depth of 945 ft (288 m). Between Melide and Bissone, the lake is so shallow that a stone dam across it carries the St. Gotthard railway. The resort town of Lugano, on its shores in Switzerland, is Italian in appearance.


Lugano, Lake 

a lake in the Lombardy Alps, in Switzerland and Italy. Area, 49 sq km; maximum depth, 288 m. The lake surface is 274 m above sea level. The shores are steep, twisting, and picturesque. Lake Lugano drains into Lake Maggiore via the Tresa River. During the spring and summer the water level rises by 1.5 m as a result of the melting of snow in the Lugano basin. The lake is navigated. The middle section of the lake is spanned by a multiarch bridge, over which the railroad and highway linking the cities of Bellinzona (Switzerland) and Como (Italy) pass. The city of Lugano (Switzerland) is on the north shore. There are numerous resorts on the shores, and the lake attracts tourists.



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s border with Switzerland Lake Maggiore, Lake Lugano, Lake Como, and Lake Garda attract the crowds and are an effort to reach, but the volcanic lakes to the north of Rome, in the Lazio region ?
Mount Galbiga is one of the highest mountains of Valle Intelvi and from here there are stunning views of Lake Lugano, Lake Como, Lake Del Piano and of the Lepontine Pre-Alps.
 
 
 
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