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The Lac de Vouglans is the reservoir of the hydro-electric power station at Vouglans on the river Ain in the département of Jura in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. The dam, the Barrage de Vouglans is at coordinates 46°23′51″N 5°39′56″E.

Lac de Vouglans
Lac de Vouglans
Location	Jura, Franche-Comté
Coordinates	46°29′6″N 5°40′51″E
Primary inflows	Ain
Primary outflows	Ain
Basin countries	France
Max. length	30 km (19 mi)
Max. width	800 m (2,600 ft)
Surface area	16 km2 (6.2 sq mi)
Max. depth	100 m (330 ft)
Residence time	180 days
Surface elevation	429 m (1,407 ft)

Description

The lake lies on Jurassic rock crushed into north to south ridges by the Alpine 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 at Cernon. The old village of Vouglans was displaced by its construction in 1968 by Électricité de France (EDF).

Some buildings of the Carthusian monastery of Vaucluse were also moved to make way for the rising waters and to save them from demolition.

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.

Statistics

• 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)

See also

• Schéma directeur d'aménagement et de gestion des eaux
• Hydro and the environment
• Renewable energy in France

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lac de Vouglans.

• Gumbel's law

На других языках

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[de] Lac de Vouglans

Der Lac de Vouglans ist ein Stausee des Flusses Ain in der französischen Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Er ist ca. 20 bis 25 Kilometer südöstlich von Lons-le-Saunier gelegen. Das Gebiet des Sees liegt zwischen den Gemeindeflächen von Pont-de-Poitte und Vouglans.

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- [en] Lac de Vouglans

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[fr] Lac de Vouglans

Le lac de Vouglans est un lac de barrage du massif du Jura, dans le Jura en Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

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[it] Lago di Vouglans

Il lago di Vouglans (in francese lac de Vouglans) è un bacino artificiale posto nel dipartimento francese del Giura. È formato da una diga completata nel 1968 lungo il corso del fiume Ain. Si tratta del terzo maggior bacino artificiale del paese[1].

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[ru] Вуглан

Вуглан (фр. lac de Vouglans) — водохранилище в департаменте Юра, в регионе Бургундия — Франш-Конте. По своему объёму (620 млн кубометров воды) это третье во Франции водохранилище. Плотина была установлена между 1964 и 1969 годами на реке Эн.

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