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BIENNE, LAKE OF, or BIELERSEE

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 921 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BIENNE, See also:LAKE OF, or BIELERSEE  , a See also:lake in See also:Switzerland, S.W. of the See also:town of See also:Bienne, and extending along the See also:southern See also:foot of the See also:Jura range . It is 71 M. in length, 21 M. broad and 249 ft. in See also:depth, while its See also:surface is 1424 ft. above the See also:sea-level, and its See also:area 16 sq. m . In it is the Ile de St See also:Pierre, where See also:Rousseau resided for a See also:short See also:time in 1765 . Many traces of lake-dwellings have been discovered on the shores of the lake . It receives the See also:river Suze or Scheuss at its See also:north-See also:east end, while the Hagneck See also:canal leads the See also:waters of the See also:Aar into the lake, as that of Nidau conducts them out again . At the See also:south-western end the river Thiele or Zihl flows into this lake from that of See also:Neuchatel . (W . A . B .

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