- Lac de Vouglans
Infobox_lake
lake_name = Lac de Vouglans
image_lake = Le_regardoir_Ao%C3%BBt_2005_080.jpg
caption_lake =
image_bathymetry =
caption_bathymetry =
location =
coords = coord|46|29|6|N|5|40|51|E|type:waterbody_region:FR_source:dewiki|display=inline,title
type =
inflow =Ain River
outflow =Ain River
catchment =
basin_countries = France
length = 30 km (19 miles)
width = 800 m
area = 1.6 km² (3,954 acres)
depth =
max-depth = 100 m (330 ft)
volume =
residence_time = 180 days
shore =
elevation = 429 m (1,407 ft)
islands =
cities = The Lac de Vouglans is the reservoir of the hydro-electricpower station at Vouglans on the River Ain in the département of Jura in the region ofFranche-Comté in eastern France. Thedam , the Barrage de Vouglans is at coordinates coord|46|23|51|N|5|39|56|E|type:landmark_region:FR|name=Barrage de Vouglans.Description
The lake lies on
Jurassic rock crushed into north to south ridges by theAlpine orogeny . It is therefore long and narrow, though rather sinuous in plan. It is about 30 kilometres long though only 21 km in a straight line. It lies in the valley of the Ain, impounded by the dam atCernon . The old village of Vouglans was displaced by its construction in 1968 byÉlectricité de France (EDF).The buildings of the
Carthusian monastery ofVaucluse were also moved to make way for the rising waters.The lake is arranged for tourism with view-points scattered through the woods which cover the hillsides along its shores and places set up for bathing and boating.
The annual mean flow of water at the dam is 40.80 cubic metres per second.
tatistics
* Width: 300 to 800 m (330 to 870 yd)
* Capacity: 605,000,000 m³ (2,137 million ft³)
* Mean annual flow: 40.80 m³/s (1,441 ft³/s)ee also
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Schéma directeur d'aménagement et de gestion des eaux
*Hydro and the environmentExternal links
* [http://www.rse.uquebec.ca/ang/vol10/v10n2a4.htm Gumbel's law]
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