Editing Swiss Alps (section)

====Lakes====
{{See also|List of lakes of Switzerland|List of mountain lakes of Switzerland}}
[[File:Dix.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Lac des Dix]] in Valais]]
Since the [[List of tallest dams in Switzerland|highest dams]] are located in Alpine regions, many large mountain lakes are [[List of lakes with a dam in Switzerland|artificial]] and are used as hydroelectric reservoirs.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=FSgDAAAAMBAJ&dq=popular+science+1930&pg=PA61 "Dam Begun in Swiss Alps to be Europe's Highest."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727123730/https://books.google.com/books?id=FSgDAAAAMBAJ&dq=popular+science+1930&pg=PA61 |date=2023-07-27 }} ''Popular Science'', November 1929, p. 61</ref> Some large artificial lakes can be found above 2,300 m, but natural lakes larger than 1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> are generally below 1,000 m (with the exceptions of lakes in the [[Engadin]] such as [[Lake Sils]], and [[Oeschinen Lake|Oeschinen]] in the Bernese Oberland). The melting of low-altitude glaciers can generate new lakes, such as the 0.25&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> large [[Triftsee]] which formed between 2002 and 2003.