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Dammed lakes with their location, volume, area and depth, as well as information on the relevant dam(s) Name of lake Canton Volume in million m³ Surface elevation (m) Surface area in km 2 Maximal depth (m) Name of dam Type of dam Year of construction Height of dam (m) Lac des Dix: Valais: 401: 2365 3.65 227: Grande Dixence: Gravity 1961 285 ...
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List of dams in Switzerland which are taller than 100 meters: Name Canton Height (meters) Crest length (meters) Type Year of construction Name of the Lake
The Grande Dixence Dam (French pronunciation: [gʁãd diksãs]) is a concrete gravity dam on the Dixence at the head of the Val d'Hérémence in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. At 285 m (935 ft) high, it is the tallest gravity dam in the world, seventh tallest dam overall, and the tallest dam in Europe. It is part of the Cleuson-Dixence ...
The Contra Dam is a concrete slender arch dam with a height of 220 m (720 ft) and crest length of 380 m (1,250 ft). The dam is 25 m (82 ft) wide at its base and 7 m (23 ft) wide at its crest. The dam structure contains 660,000 m 3 (23,000,000 cu ft) of concrete and the structure itself has a surface area of 44,500 m 2 (479,000 sq ft). The dam ...
The tallest embankment dam and second tallest dam in the world is the 300 m (984 ft) Nurek Dam in Tajikistan. The tallest gravity dam is the 285 m (935 ft) high Grande Dixence Dam in Switzerland. The tallest natural dam, the 567 m (1,860 ft) Usoi Dam in Tajikistan, is 262 m (860 ft) taller than the tallest existing man-made one.
This article contains a sortable table listing all major lakes of Switzerland. The table includes all still water bodies located either entirely or partly in Switzerland , both natural and artificial, that have a surface area of at least 30 hectares (74 acres), regardless of water volume, maximum depth or other metric.
The Grimselsee or Lake Grimsel is an artificial lake near the Grimsel Pass in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland.With a volume of 95 mio m 3 (20.9 billion imperial gallons, 20.1 billion US gallons), it is larger than other hydroelectric reservoirs in the Aare headwaters region: Oberaarsee, Räterichsbodensee and Gelmersee.