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Lake Geneva is the largest body of water in Switzerland, and greatly exceeds in size all others that are connected with the main valleys of the Alps. It is in the shape of a crescent, with the horns pointing south, the northern shore being 95 km (59 mi) and the southern shore 72 km (45 mi) in length.
Switzerland's largest lake, Lake Geneva, shared with France, is also its most productive fishery, providing a fifth of the total catch, including almost half its perch. Lake Zurich , fifth largest by area, is the second most productive Swiss fishery, with the largest share of the country's whitefish catch.
The coregonines from Lake Constance were named Sandfelchen. In 1997, Maurice Kottelat made a revision and used the name Coregonus fera for the Geneva fera and Coregonus arenicolus for the Sandfelchen. The common name fera is still also used for fish that continue to live in Lake Geneva, but it now refers to the introduced Coregonus palaea. [2]
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In the southwest, the Swiss Plateau is confined by Lake Geneva, in the northeast, by Lake Constance and the Rhine. Geologically, the Swiss Plateau is part of a larger basin that extends beyond the border of Switzerland. At its southwestern end, in France, the plateau, in the Genevois, ends at Chambéry where Jura and Alps meet.
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At the mouth of the Rhône in Lake Geneva, large masses of driftwood collected on a floating barrier. In Chippis , more than 200 residents had to leave their houses in the vicinity of the river. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The Nufenen Pass was temporarily closed on 21 June as a result of a landslide.
The Lemanic Arc [citation needed] (French: Arc lémanique) is the region on the north side of Lake Léman, stretching out from Geneva to Lausanne and Montreux. Its parts are Geneva, La Côte, Lausanne, Lavaux, La Riviera and le Chablais. The cantons of Geneva and Vaud have a collaboration programme named Métropole lémanique. [4]