Lake Murten (French: Lac de Morat; German: Murtensee) is a lake located in the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud in the west of Switzerland. It is named after the small town of Murten/Morat on its southern shore.
It is the smallest of the three lakes in the Jura region, with Lake Biel and Lake Neuchâtel being the other two. The main tributary is the river Broye. Water leaves the lake through the Broye Canal (Canal de la Broye) which leads into nearby Lake Neuchâtel. Together with the latter, Lake Murten is important to retain water from the river Aar in times of heavy rainfall in the Alps. This helps protect densely populated areas, such as around the city of Bern. This can lead to the peculiar situation that the water in the lake flows "backwards".
Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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