Swiss lakes
swiss_lakes.Rd2024 map geometry of the 23 largest Swiss lakes as provided by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (Bundesamt für Statistik, BfS).
This is a simple feature (sf) object with additional information.
It can be used directly with ggplot2::geom_sf() to draw a map of the Swiss lakes.
The coordinate reference system is the Swiss LV95 system (EPSG 2056).
Format
swiss_lakes
A list with 23 rows and 10 columns:
- GMDNR
lake number
- GMDNAME
lake name
- SEE_HA
area in hectares (rounded to whole numbers)
- E_MIN
lake's minimum eastern coordinate value
- E_MAX
lake's maximum eastern coordinate value
- N_MIN
lake's minimum northern coordinate value
- N_MAX
lake's maximum northern coordinate value
- E_CNTR
lake's centroid coordinate (east)
- N_CNTR
lake's centroid coordinate (north)
- geometry
sf::sfc_MULTIPOLYGON tracing the lakeshore