- Lake Zug
Infobox_lake
lake_name = Lake Zug
Zugersee
image_lake = Aussicht Winter Rigi Zugersee.jpg
caption_lake =
image_bathymetry = Karte Zugersee.png
caption_bathymetry = Map
coords = coord|47|7|N|8|29|E|type:waterbody_region:CH|display=inline,title
type =
inflow =Lorze
outflow =Lorze
catchment = 204 km² (79 mi²)
basin_countries = Switzerland
length = 13.8 km (8.6 mi)
width = 4.7 km (2.9 mi)
area = 38.3 km² (15 mi²)
depth = 83.2 m (293 ft)
max-depth = 198 m (650 ft)
volume = 3.2 km³
residence_time = 14.7 years
shore =
elevation = 417 m (1,368 ft)
islands =
cities = "see list"The Lake Zug ( _de. Zugersee) is one of the minor Swisslake s, on the outskirts of the Alps and north ofLake Lucerne . Probably at some former date it was connected by means of theLake Lauerz and the plain ofBrunnen with Lake Lucerne. At present it is formed by the Aa, which descends from theRigi and enters the southern extremity of the lake. TheLorze pours its waters into the lake at its northern extremity, but 1¾ mi further west issues from the lake to pursue its course towards the Reuss.For the most part the lake is in the
Canton of Zug , but the southern end is, to the extent of about ten square kilometres, in that ofSchwyz , while theCanton of Lucerne claims about two square kilometres to the north ofImmensee . Toward the south-west extremity of the lake theRigi descends rather steeply to the water's edge, while part of its east shore forms a narrow level band at the foot of the 1,583 metres (5,194 ft) highRossberg , and theZugerberg .At its northern end the shores are nearly level, while on the west shore the wooded promontory of
Buonas (with its castles, old and new) projects picturesquely into the waters. The principal place on the lake is the town ofZug . Three railways follow the shore of the lake, one fromZürich via Zug andArth-Goldau to the St Gotthard, one fromLucerne via Arth-Goldau to the St Gotthard and one from Zürich via Zug to Lucerne.Many fish (including pike and
carp of considerable weights) are taken in the lake, which is especially famous for an endemic kind oftrout ("Salmo salvelinus", locally called "Rolheli"). Due to the impact of agricultural run-off, the Lake of Zug is considered one of Switzerland's less clean lakes.List of cities and places on the lake
*
Zug
*Oberwil
*Walchwil
*Arth
*Immensee
*Buonas
*Risch
*ChamHistorical notes
In 1911 a railway (formerly part of the St Gotthard main route) ran along its eastern shore past
Walchwil toArth at its south end, which was connected by a steam tramway with theArth-Goldau station of the St Gotthard line. This line ran fromArth along the western shore to Immensee, where it bears south-west to Lucerne, while from Immensee another railway led (at first some way from the shore) to Cham, convert|3|mi|km west of Zug.The first steamer was placed on the lake in 1852.
References
*1911
External links
* [http://www.hydrodaten.admin.ch/e/2017.htm Waterlevels of Lake Zug] at
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