Lakes
In the north of the country are a number of subalpine moraine-dammed lakes, the largest of which is Garda (370 km2/143 sq mi). Other well known of these subalpine lakes are Lake Maggiore (212.5 km2/82 sq mi), whose most northerly section is part of Switzerland, Como (146 km2/56 sq mi), Orta, Lugano, Iseo, Idro.
Other notable lakes in the Italian peninsula are Trasimeno, Bolsena, Bracciano, Vico, Varano and Lesina in Gargano and Omodeo in Sardinia.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)