Lac de Saint-Amans

Lac de Saint-Amans

Lac de Saint-Amans
Location Aveyron
Coordinates 44°4′16″N 2°45′15″E / 44.07111°N 2.75417°E / 44.07111; 2.75417Coordinates: 44°4′16″N 2°45′15″E / 44.07111°N 2.75417°E / 44.07111; 2.75417
Type reservoir
Primary outflows ruisseau de St-Amans
Basin countries France
Surface area 0.11 km2 (0.042 sq mi)
Max. depth 26 m (85 ft)
Surface elevation 727 m (2,385 ft)

Lac de Saint-Amans is an artificial lake in Le Truel, Aveyron, France close to Villefranche-de-Panat, and 500m above the Tarn river. At an elevation of 727 m, it has surface area of 0.11 km². It is captured by the Barrage de Saint-Amans. It is a holding reservoir, taking water between the Lac de Villefranche-de-Panat and the hydro-electric power station at Le Pouget power station. [1]

Diagram of the linked rivers, reservoirs, dams, pipelines, pumping stations and power stations.

References

Notes
  1. Pouget (Le) Hydroelectric Power Station France is located at Le Truel, Aveyron, France. Location coordinates are: Latitude= 44.06, Longitude= 2.769. This infrastructure is of TYPE Hydro Power Plant with a design capacity of 572.5 MWe. . It is operated by Electricité de France (EDF). Data obtained from: Licence CC-BY.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/9/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.