Serre-Ponçon Dam

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arch dam concrete dam hydroelectric dam irrigation dam

Serre-Ponçon Dam is a large hydroelectric and irrigation dam in southeastern France that creates one of Western Europe’s biggest artificial lakes.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Serre-Ponçon Dam canonical 3
Serre-Ponçon hydroelectric power station 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arch dam ⓘ
concrete dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
irrigation dam ⓘ
basinCountry France ⓘ
constructionMaterial concrete ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1955 ⓘ
country France ⓘ
createsReservoir Lac de Serre-Ponçon ⓘ
designedBy Électricité de France engineers ⓘ
floodedSettlement Savines ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height 123 metres ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1961 ⓘ
installedCapacity 380 megawatts ⓘ
isOneOfLargestArtificialLakesIn Western Europe ⓘ
length 630 metres ⓘ
locatedIn Alpes-de-Haute-Provence ⓘ
surface form: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department

Hautes-Alpes ⓘ
surface form: Hautes-Alpes department

southeastern France ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Alps ⓘ
locatedInRegion Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ
locatedNear Embrun ⓘ
Gap ⓘ
Savines-le-Lac ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Durance River ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 6 ⓘ
openingDate 1961 ⓘ
operator Électricité de France ⓘ
ownedBy Électricité de France ⓘ
partOf Durance-Verdon hydroelectric system ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
replacedSettlementWith Savines-le-Lac ⓘ
reservoirCapacity 1272000000 cubic metres ⓘ
reservoirName Lac de Serre-Ponçon ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea 28 square kilometres ⓘ
spillwayType gated overflow spillway ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
usedFor agricultural irrigation in Provence ⓘ
peak electricity production ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
waterSource Durance River ⓘ
Ubaye River ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Durance River → hasDam → Serre-Ponçon Dam ⓘ
Lac de Serre-Ponçon → createdBy → Serre-Ponçon Dam ⓘ
Lac de Serre-Ponçon → hasHydroelectricPlant → Serre-Ponçon Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Serre-Ponçon hydroelectric power station
Lac de Serre-Ponçon → reservoirForDam → Serre-Ponçon Dam ⓘ