Lake Thun

 INTRODUCTION:Lake Thun  is an Alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland named after the city of Thun, on its northern shore.The lake was created after the last glacial period. After the 10th century, it split from Lake Brienz, before which the two lakes were combined, as Wendelse...Image|Link

 GET IN:The culminating point of the lake's drainage basin is the Finsteraarhorn at 4,274 metres above sea level.Lake Thun's approximate 2,500 km² catchment area frequently causes local flooding after heavy rainfalls. Image|Link

 This occurs because the river Aare (German: Aare), which drains Lake Thun, has only limited capacity to handle the excess runoff.Image|Link

The lake is fed by water from Lake Brienz to the southeast, which is 6 metres higher than Lake Thun, and various streams in the Oberland, including the Kander....Image|Link