The levels of Lake Constance, Four Cantons, Lugano and Valens have dropped sharply, here’s why
Water levels in four large Swiss lakes fell to record lows this August after scant rainfall this year, the Federal Environment Service said, as quoted by AFP.
Volumes of water flow from them into the Rhine River, which originates in the Swiss Alps, but none of them had water levels this low in August.
“We have a low water level situation in Switzerland, in particular in the central plateau and south of Ticino” in the Italian-speaking part of the country, Michele Oberhenzli, who is in charge of hydrological data at the Federal Environment Office, said today.
The reason is the lack of rainfall in 2022, she explained to AFP.
The four Great Lakes are not the only ones affected. Lake Maggiore, whose level of 193m is a record low, and Lake Zug “continue to show values well below average”, Oberhenzli said.
With the exception of Lake Jura and Lake Thun, the levels of all of Switzerland’s large lakes are also below average.
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