Lake Zug (German:
Zugersee) is a lake in Central Switzerland, situated between
Lake Lucerne 
and
Lake Zurich 
. It stretches for 14 km (8.7 mi) between
Arth 
and the Cham-Zug bay. The
Lorze 
as the main feeder river empties its waters into the lake at its northern extremity, but 1 km (0.6 mi) further west issues from the lake to pursue its course towards the Reuss. Due to this poor feeding, Environmental protection is very important as the lake would suffer long term damage if polluted as the second of the rivers,
Rigiaa, feeds only a marginal amount into the lake at its southern end. Already a great part of the fauna in the deep parts of the lake has been lost.
Background
The lake is mostly within the borders of the
Canton of Zug 
, with about 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi) at its southern end in the canton
Schwyz 
, while the
Canton of Lucerne 
claims about 2 km2 (0.77 sq mi) to the north of Immensee.