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Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva, also known as Lac Léman or Lake Leman (German, Genfersee), the largest lake in central Europe, about 583 sq km in area, straddling the border between Switzerland and France. The largest part of the lake, about 363 sq km, is in western Switzerland.

 

This image was acquired by the Landsat 8 satellite on 15 April 2015. Download Landsat data through the ESA portals, where images captured every day are made available in near real time to the users and the scientific community.

 

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Credit: USGS/ESA

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Uploaded on May 1, 2015