Lake Sempach
Appearance
Lake Sempach Sempachersee | |
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Location | Canton of Lucerne |
Coordinates | 47°8.6667′N 8°9.1′E / 47.1444450°N 8.1517°E |
Primary inflows | Gross Aa, Chli Aa (Sempachersee), Meierhofbach, Wilibach, Dorfbach (Sempachersee), Brandbach, Röllbach (Sempachersee), Lipperütibach, and some unnamed |
Primary outflows | Suhre |
Basin countries | Switzerland |
Surface area | 14.5 km2 (5.6 sq mi) |
Average depth | 44 m (144 ft) |
Max. depth | 87 m (285 ft) |
Water volume | 0.66 km3 (540,000 acre⋅ft) |
Residence time | 16.9 years |
Surface elevation | 503.77 m (1,652.8 ft) |
Islands | Gamma Insel |
Settlements | Sursee, Sempach |
Lake Sempach (German: Sempachersee) is a lake in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Its area is about 14.5 km² and its maximum depth is 87 m.
A 50 metre-large island named Gamma Insel is located east of Sursee.
External links
Media related to Lake Sempach at Wikimedia Commons
- Sempachersee (in German)
- http://www.sempachersee.ch (in German) Information about the municipalities on the lake
- Waterlevels Lake Sempach at Sempach