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The Marèges Dam is a concrete arch dam on the Dordogne River. It is located 4 km (2 mi) southeast of Liginiac in Corrèze department , France. It was constructed between 1932 and 1935 by the Railway Company du Midi .
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Here the river was diverted for the development of modern agriculture and the construction of the A51 motorway. There are several dams along the middle part of the Durance. In addition to main dam at Serre-Ponçon, there are dams at Espinasses, Sisteron, L'Escale and Cadarache. There are small canals whose primary purpose is to draw water from ...
The Roselend Dam is an arch-buttress dam located 5 km (3 mi) east of Beaufort in the Savoie department of the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is located just west and below the Cormet de Roselend mountain pass. The dam was designed by Coyne et Bellier and construction began in 1955. The reservoir began to fill in 1960, the power ...
It is the product of two dams in the valley of the Maulde River, an important tributary of the Vienne River. Sketch map of Vassivière Lake. The Maulde is the most important source of water for the lake, and the lac de Lavaud-Gelade , a 285-hectare (700-acre) reservoir to the east, is able to feed it via an underground canal.
In French, rivers are traditionally classified either as fleuves when they flow into the sea (or into a desert or lake), or as rivières when they flow into another river. The fleuves are shown in bold. For an alphabetical overview of rivers of France, see the category Rivers of France.
The Barrage Vauban, or Vauban Dam, is a bridge, weir and defensive work erected in the 17th century on the River Ill in the city of Strasbourg in France.At that time, it was known as the Great Lock (grande écluse), although it does not function as a navigation lock in the modern sense of the word.