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Orbe (river)
The Orbe () is a river of the Rhine Drainage basin, basin. It starts in France and flows to Switzerland where it forms the river Thielle at its confluence with the river Talent (river), Talent. Not to be mistaken with the Orbe (Arrats), Orbe, which is a tributary of the Arrats. Geography The Orbe has its source near Les Rousses, Rousses, forms the lac des Rousses before flowing down to lac de Joux in canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It disappears naturally underground for a stretch of 4 km, to reappear in Vallorbe - where a special ecotourism site was created, the Vallorbe Caves (note, to re-edit - http://www.grottesdevallorbe.ch/). Soon after, in Orbe (Vaud), Orbe, the river merges with the Talent (river), Talent and takes the name of ''Thielle''. Flowing through Yverdon-les-Bains, it joins the lac de Neuchâtel. It flows out of it through the Thielle channel to the Nidau-Büren channel in Nidau, just before the Regulating Dam Port, Seeland, Switzerland, regulating dam Port es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lac De Neuchâtel
Lac may refer to: Places Africa * Lac Region, a district in Chad * Lac Prefecture, a district in Chad America * Rivière du Lac, a tributary of the Montmorency River, in Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada Europe * Laç, a city in Albania * Lac, a village in Voloiac Commune, Mehedinţi County, Romania * Lac district, a district in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland * Lancing railway station, a railway station in Sussex, England (station code: LAC) Elsewhere * Lac, a standard astronomical constellation abbreviation of Lacerta * Latin America and the Caribbean or LAC, a regional definition by the United Nations Other uses * Lac (resin), a resinous substance produced by insects **Shellac, the processed form of this resin * ''Lac'', French for lake (body of water) * ''lác'', an element in Anglo-Saxon names meaning "fight, play" *Lac, a character in Arthurian romance, father of Erec * LAC, the ICAO operator designator for Lockheed Corporation (Lockheed Aircraft Corporation), U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bois-d'Amont
Bois-d'Amont () is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Jura department The following is a list of the 492 communes of the Jura department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025): References Communes of Jura (department) {{SaintClaudeFR-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lac Des Rousses
Lac des Rousses is a lake in Les Rousses, Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, close to the Vallée de Joux in Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland .... The lake drains through the river Orbe into Lac de Joux. External linksLac des Rousses * Rousses Les Rousses L Lac des Rousses {{SaintClaudeFR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jura Water Correction
The correction of the waters of the Swiss Jura consisted of a wide series of hydrological undertakings carried out in Switzerland in the region of the three lakes: Lake Murten connected to Lake Neuchatel by the Broye Canal, the latter connected to Lake Biel by the Thielle Canal, an area called the " Seeland”. The correction has helped regulate the hydrology. It limits the risk of flooding, particularly in the areas covered by the Aare. It has also added vast areas of valuable agricultural land through the drying out and subsequent sanitization and improvement of the swamps which used to lie between these three lakes. Many rivers have been corrected in Switzerland, for example the Rhône, which has undergone several adjustments between the 19th century and present day. However, the realignments in the Swiss Seeland are still the largest hydrological development in Switzerland. At the foot of the Jura Mountains the region of the three lakes (Swiss Seeland) is part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drainage Divide
A drainage divide, water divide, ridgeline, watershed, water parting or height of land is elevated terrain that separates neighboring drainage basins. On rugged land, the divide lies along topographical ridges, and may be in the form of a single range of hills or mountains, known as a dividing range. On flat terrain, especially where the ground is marshy, the divide may be difficult to discern. A triple divide is a point, often a summit, where three drainage basins meet. A ''valley floor divide'' is a low drainage divide that runs across a valley, sometimes created by deposition or stream capture. Major divides separating rivers that drain to different seas or oceans are continental divides. The term ''height of land'' is used in Canada and the United States to refer to a drainage divide. It is frequently used in border descriptions, which are set according to the "doctrine of natural boundaries". In glaciated areas it often refers to a low point on a divide where it is po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mormont
''Le Mormont'' is a hill in the Swiss canton of Vaud, rising to an elevation of 605 metres, with a Topographic prominence, prominence of about 115 metres. It is part of the Éclépens municipality between lakes Lake Neuchatel, Neuchatel and Lake Geneva, Geneva. The name is first recorded in AD 814, as ''Mauromonte''. It is derived from the Roman-era personal name ''Maurus''. Hermann Gröhler, ''Über ursprung und bedeutung der französischen ortsnamen von Hermann Gröhler'' C. Winter, 1933, p. 336 (citing Ernst Förstemann, Förstemann). For speculation on an alternative (Celtic or Germanic) derivation, see Gilbert Künzi, Charles Kraege, ''Montagnes romandes: à l'assaut de leur nom : étude étymologique des noms de montagnes de Suisse romande'', Archives vivantes romandes, Editions Cabedita, 2001p. 34/ref> Geography Le Mormont is a hill in the Swiss canton of Vaud, part of the Éclépens municipality, about halfway between lakes Lake Neuchatel, Neuchatel and Lake Geneva, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venoge (river)
The Venoge () is a Swiss river located in the canton of Vaud, a tributary of the Rhône, via Lake Geneva. The Swiss poet Jean Villard wrote a poem about it, '' La Venoge'', in 1954. Geography The Venoge has its source at L'Isle in the canton of Vaud and flows down to Lake Geneva, at Saint-Sulpice. It is long, and its basin area is . Course Between its source in L'Isle and Lake Geneva, la Venoge runs through Cuarnens, La Chaux, Moiry, Chevilly, Ferreyres, La Sarraz, Éclépens, Lussery-Villars, Daillens, Cossonay, Penthalaz, Penthaz, Gollion, Vufflens-la-Ville, Aclens, Bussigny-près-Lausanne, Bremblens, Échandens, Écublens, Denges, Préverenges to finally reach Saint-Sulpice. Tributaries * Le Veyron * La Molombe * La Senoge History The Venoge was called ''Venobia'' in 814, ''Venubia'' in 937, ''Vinogia'' in 7th century, ''Venopia'' in 1313 and ''Venogy'' in 1316. Its name is probably of Celtic origin. In 1913 it was described as splitting at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seeland (Switzerland)
Seeland (lit.: ''Lakeland'', also , ) is a region in Switzerland, at the south-eastern foot of the mountain range of the Jura Mountains containing the 3 Lakes of Morat, Neuchâtel, and Bienne (Biel). In previous eras, it was the floodplain of the Aare and was thus swampy. After the huge hydrological works Jura water correction, the area drained out and could support more cultivation. Seeland is one of the most important regions in Switzerland for growing vegetables, particularly in the Grand Marais (lit.: ''Large Marshland'', ). The region is at the boundary of the cantons of Bern, Fribourg, Neuchâtel, and Vaud, forming part of the linguistic boundary region between French- and German-speaking Switzerland. The Bernese '' Seeland'' is one of five administrative divisions (''regions'') in the canton of Bern with a population of (as of ) in 46 municipalities. Bernese Seeland During the Ancien Régime Bern acquired the rural bailiwicks or counties of Aarberg, Büren an der A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port (Berne)
Port is a municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland, located in the Biel/Bienne administrative district. History Port is first mentioned in 1228 as ''Port''. The banks of the Zihl/Thielle river were inhabited since at least the Neolithic. The remains of a Neolithic Cortaillod culture stilt house village from the second quarter of the 4th Millennium BC were discovered in the Stüdeli area. The area was resettled often during the following millennia. From Bronze Age settlements a number of artifacts were discovered including swords, spearheads, axes and sickles. A Celtic settlement from the 2nd and 1st centuries BC left behind two helmets, metal vessels and about 120 swords and spearheads. However, most of the swords were broken or bent. One bent iron sword contains an engraving, in Greek letters, of the name Korisios. This is considered the oldest written document in Switzerland. Wooden pilings from the same era indicate that the settlement built a bridge over t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
