Lac des Brenets
Encyclopedia
Lac des Brenets or Lac de Chaillexon (as it's named in France) is a lake
on the Doubs River
on the border of Switzerland
and France
.
Lake
A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...
on the Doubs River
Doubs River
The Doubs is a 453 km long river in eastern France and western Switzerland, left tributary of the Saône. Its source is near Mouthe in the western Jura mountains....
on the border of Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
External links
- Waterlevels of Lac des Brenets at Les BrenetsLes BrenetsLes Brenets is a municipality in the district of Le Locle in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.-Geography:Les Brenets has an area, , of . Of this area, or 41.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 48.9% is forested...