Lac de Moron
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Lac de Moron | |
---|---|
Location | Canton of Neuchâtel (CH), Doubs department (F) |
Coordinates | 47°5′29″N 6°44′27″E / 47.09139°N 6.74083°E |
Type | reservoir |
Primary inflows | Doubs |
Primary outflows | Doubs |
Catchment area | 911 km2 (352 sq mi) |
Basin countries | Switzerland, France |
Max. length | 3.3 km (2.1 mi) |
Surface area | 0.69 km2 (0.27 sq mi) |
Max. depth | 59 m (194 ft) |
Water volume | 20.6 million cubic metres (16,700 acre⋅ft) |
Surface elevation | 716 m (2,349 ft) |
Lac de Moron is a reservoir formed by damming the river Doubs on the border of France and Switzerland. It can be reached from Les Planchettes or Les Brenets in the Canton of Neuchâtel (Switzerland) and from Le Barboux in the Doubs department (France).
The reservoir has a volume of 20.6 million m³ and its surface area is 0.69 km2 (0.27 sq mi). The arch dam Châtelot was completed in 1953.
See also
External links
- Media related to Lac de Moron at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Pages using infobox body of water with auto short description
- Coordinates on Wikidata
- Articles using infobox body of water without alt
- Articles using infobox body of water without pushpin map alt
- Articles using infobox body of water without image bathymetry
- Commons category link from Wikidata
- Lakes of Doubs
- Reservoirs in Switzerland
- Reservoirs in France
- Lakes of the canton of Neuchâtel
- France–Switzerland border
- International lakes of Europe
- Doubs basin
- All stub articles
- Switzerland geography stubs
- Switzerland lake stubs
- Doubs geography stubs
- Pages using the Kartographer extension