Zürichsee — Water balance

All known inflows and outflows of this lake with their current discharge — and the balance that results: is more water flowing in right now than out, or the other way round?

Measured water balance

21.4 m³/sInflow

Zürichsee

30.8 m³/sOutflow

-9.5 m³/sMeasured outflows exceed inflows≈ -0.82 million m³/day · That's roughly 328 Olympic swimming pools per day.

Where does the water come from?

Linthkanal, Benken (Zufluss)21.3 m³/s

-7% since yesterday Sihl, Zürich (Zufluss)already included1.8 m³/s

-1% since yesterday Steinenbach, Kaltbrunn (Zufluss)0.0 m³/s

Wagnerbach, Rapperswil-Jona (Zufluss)0.0 m³/s

Aabach, Schmerikon (Zufluss)0.0 m³/s

Where does it flow to?

Limmat, Zürich Unterhard (Abfluss)30.8 m³/s

-1% since yesterday

Rain and inflow

How Linthkanal, Benken (Zufluss) responds to rainfall over the last 30 days.

Zürichsee — Water balance

Measured water balance

Where does the water come from?

Where does it flow to?

Rain and inflow

Stations on the map