Lake Annecy ( French : Lac d'Annecy , [lak dansi] ) is a perialpine lake in Haute-Savoie in France . It is named after the city of Annecy , which marks the start of the Thiou , Lake Annecy's outflow river.
3-626: It is the third-largest lake in France , after the Lac du Bourget and Lac de Grand-Lieu , if the French part of Lake Geneva , which is shared between Switzerland and France, is excluded. It is a popular tourist destination known for its swimming and water sports. The lake was formed about 18,000 years ago, at the time the large alpine glaciers melted. It is fed by many small rivers from the surrounding mountains (Ire, Eau morte, Laudon, Bornette and Biolon) and
6-750: A powerful underwater source, the Boubioz, at an 82-metre depth (269 ft). A cycle path goes partially around Lake Annecy past Sevrier and St Jorioz to Ugine. It has an aim to reach Albertville. The lake is around 14 km long. [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Coolidge, William Augustus Brevoort (1911). " Annecy ". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 2 (11th ed.). p. 72; see last two lines. The Lake of Annecy is... List of lakes in France This list of lakes in France roughly distinguishes three categories:
9-806: The mountain lakes , sorted first by massif, and then by départements ; the lakes in plains, sorted by river basin; and the coastal lakes. Lake Geneva (Lac Léman), the largest in western Europe with 582 km (225 sq mi), partly in France , partly in Switzerland , is listed in Haute-Savoie for its French part. The lakes of mountain massifs can be natural, often of glaciary origin (G), or volcanic (V), or artificial, generally built for hydraulic energy purposes (H) or flow regulation (F). The lakes in this category can be natural (N) or designed to be used as reservoirs (R). The lakes close to
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