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Monday 5 January 2015

Lake Thun, Switzerland

Lake Thun, Switzerland
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Introduction:
Lake Thun (German: Thunersee) is an Alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. It took its name from the city of Thun, on its northern shore.
Lake Thun's approximately 2,500 km² large catchment area frequently causes local flooding after heavy rainfalls. This occurs because the river Aare (German: Aare), which drains Lake Thun, has only limited capacity to handle the excess runoff.
Lake Thun, Switzerland
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Getting there:
Since 1835 passenger ships have operated on the lake. There are ten passenger ships in total, operated by the local railway company BLS AG. In order to enable these ships to serve the towns of Interlaken and Thun, the Interlaken ship canal and Thun ship canal connect the lake to Interlaken West railway station and Thun railway station respectively

Lake Thun, Switzerland
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Fishing:
Fishing is important enough to keep a handful of professional fishers employed. In 2001 the total catch was 53,000 kg.
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