lake Mattmark
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__NOTOC__ Mattmark dam is a reservoir in the Saas Valley of the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. The Mattmark dam was built from 1960 to 1965. The lake's surface area is .
Key facts
- Body of water.name
- Mattmark dam
- Body of water.image
- Mattmark.jpg
- Body of water.location
- Saas Valley, Valais
- Body of water.type
- reservoir
- Body of water.basin_countries
- Switzerland
- Body of water.pushpin_map
- Canton of Valais#Switzerland#Alps
- Body of water.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Body of water.pushpin_relief
- y
- Body of water.mapframe
- yes
- Body of water.mapframe zoom
- 12
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lake
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Saas-Almagell
- Elevation
- 2143
- Image
- Mattmark2.jpg
- Has use
- hydroelectricity
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- Commons category
- Mattmarksee
- outflows
- Saaser Vispa
- vertical depth
- 120
- basin country
- Switzerland
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Engineering and dimensions
- Power generation
- Mattmark disaster
- See also
- References
- External links
__NOTOC__ Mattmark dam is a reservoir in the Saas Valley of the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. The Mattmark dam was built from 1960 to 1965. The lake's surface area is .
The lake lies at a height of 2,197 metres above sea level, between the massifs of the Rimpfischhorn and Stellihorn. The highest peak visible from the lake is the Strahlhorn (4,190 m).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “lake Mattmark” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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