Lake Maggiore
lake in Italy and Switzerland
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Summary
Lake Maggiore is a lake[1]. It ranks in the top 0.22% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,102 views/month, #12 of 5,436).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Canton of Ticino[3], Piedmont[4], Lombardy[5]
- Country: Switzerland[6], Italy[7]
- Instance of: area not part of a municipality of Switzerland[8]
- Inflows: Ticino[9], Maggia[10], Toce[11], Tresa[12], San Bernardino[13], Acquanegra[14], Verzasca[15], Tiasca[16], Stronetta[17], Bardello[18], Giona[19], Boesio[20], Cannobino[21]
- Outflows: Ticino[22]
- Part of: Italy–Switzerland border[23], Italian Lakes[24]
- Commons category: Lake Maggiore[25]
- Significant event: Ca.60 crash[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lake Maggiore[27]
- Commons gallery: Lago Maggiore[28]
- Described by source: Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[29], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[31], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[32], Meyer’s Universum, Zweiter Band[33], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[34]
- Native label: Lago Maggiore[35]
- Length: 66 km[36]
- Elevation above sea level: 193 m[37]
- Area: 212.5 km²[38]
- Width: 5 km[39]
- Watershed area: 6386 km²[40]
- Volume as quantity: 37,000 cubic hectometre[41]
- Residence time of water: 4 years[42]
- Vertical depth: 372 m[43]
- Mountain range: Alps[44]
- Drainage basin: Po basin[45]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Lake Maggiore[46]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Lake Maggiore include State road 394[47], a road[48], in Italy[49].
Why It Matters
Lake Maggiore has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]
Entities named for it include State road 394[47], a road[48], in Italy[49].