Lake Zurich (
Swiss German/
Alemannic:
Zürisee;
German:
Zürichsee) is a
lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the town of
Zürich. It is also known as
Lake Zürich and
Lake of Zürich. It lies approximately at co-ordinates
47°15′N 8°41′E / 47.25°N 8.683°E / 47.25; 8.683.
Zürichsee is strictly the name of the part of the lake downstream of the dam at
Rapperswil, mostly located within the
canton of Zürich. The part upstream of the Rapperswil dam is called
Obersee, and is shared between the cantons of
St. Gallen and
Schwyz.
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