| Lac de Serre-Ponçon | |
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| Location | Hautes-Alpes |
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| Lake type | artificial lake |
| Primary inflows | Durance, Ubaye |
| Primary outflows | Durance |
| Catchment area | 3,600 km² |
| Basin countries | France |
| Max. A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the A reservoir is most broadly a place or hollow vessel where Fluid is kept in Reserve, for later use In Hydrology, the inflow of a Body of water is the source of the Water in the body of water The Durance ( Occitan: Durença in classical norm or Durènço in Mistralian norm is a 324 km long River in south-eastern France, The Ubaye is a river of southeastern France. It is 83 km long and flows through the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department In Hydrology, the discharge or outflow of a River is the volume of Water transported by it in a certain amount of time The Durance ( Occitan: Durença in classical norm or Durènço in Mistralian norm is a 324 km long River in south-eastern France, A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions Areas between 10000 km² and 100000 km² are listed here A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, length | 20 km |
| Max. width | 3 km |
| Surface area | 28 km² |
| Water volume | 1.2 km³ |
| Surface elevation | max. To help compare sizes of different geographic regions we list here Areas between 10 km² (1000 Hectares and 100 km² (10000 hectares To help compare different Orders of magnitudes this page lists Volumes between 1 and 10 cubic Kilometres (10^{9} to 10^{10} cubic 780 m |
Lake Serre-Poncon (Lac de Serre-Ponçon) is a lake in southeast France; it is one of the largest artificial lakes in western Europe. A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A reservoir is most broadly a place or hollow vessel where Fluid is kept in Reserve, for later use The lake gathers the waters of the Durance and the Ubaye rivers, flowing down through the Hautes-Alpes and the Alpes du Sud to the Rhône River. The Durance ( Occitan: Durença in classical norm or Durènço in Mistralian norm is a 324 km long River in south-eastern France, The Ubaye is a river of southeastern France. It is 83 km long and flows through the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department Hautes-Alpes ( Occitan: Auts Aups) is a department in southeastern France named after the Alps mountain range The Rhone, or the Rhône is one of the major Rivers of Europe, running through Switzerland and France. The waters are dammed by the Barrage de Serre-Ponçon, a 123 m high earth core dam. A dam is a barrier that divides waters. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water while other structures such as Floodgates, Levees
As well as water control, sixteen hydroelectric plants use the water and the lake provides irrigation to 1,500 km² of land. Hydroelectricity is electricity generated by Hydropower, ie the production of power through use of the gravitational force of falling water Irrigation is an artificial application of water to the soil usually for assisting in growing crops
History
The lake was created to control water flow after disastrous floods caused severe damage and loss of life in 1843 and 1856. Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year First proposed in 1895, construction started in 1955 and was completed by 1961. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
During construction of the lake, approximately 3 million m3 of material was moved. The dam was constructed and the valley slowly became a lake, flooding some villages in the process. This flooding is the subject of Jean Giono's movie "l'eau vive", starring Guy Beart. Jean Giono ( March 30, 1895 – October 8, 1970) was a French Author renowned for his works of fiction set in the Provence region of Guy Béart (born July 16, 1930) is a French singer and songwriter
Neighboring communes:
External links
The Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lac de Serre-Ponçon. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. There is also an Embrun in Ontario Canada Embrun ( Latin: Ebrodunum, Ebrudunum, and Eburodunum) Savines-le-Lac is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Chorges is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. - Lac de Serre-Ponçon
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