Lac de Castillon
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| Lac de Castillon | ||
| Geographical location | France / Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Location close to the shore | Castellane | |
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| Coordinates | 43 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ N , 6 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 880 m | |
| surface | 5 km² | |
| Maximum depth | 100 m | |
The Lac de Castillon is a reservoir in the French department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence . It lies at an altitude of 880 m, the area is about 5 km² and its storage capacity is 150,000,000 m³ of water. The river Verdon forms its inflow and outflow .
The lake is northeast of Castellane . The village of Saint-Julien-du-Verdon is located directly on the lake, from where numerous water sports such as swimming, surfing, boating or fishing are offered.
The Électricité de France (EDF) power plant regulates the annual fluctuations in flow to the Verdon Gorge.
See also
literature
- Reinhard Scholl: French Maritime Alps. Mercantour - Merveilles. Rother, Munich 2011, ISBN 3-7633-4146-3 .
- Sabine Bade, Wolfram Mikuteit: Grande Randonnée 52A. Le Sentier panoramique du Mercantour. Fernwege.de, Roxheim 2010, ISBN 978-3-937304-78-6 .
- Anja Ueberschär: The controversial return of the wolf to the French sea Alps. Opportunities to ensure acceptance from the shepherd's point of view in the Mercantour National Park. Technical University, Faculty of Forestry, Munich 2000 (diploma thesis)
- Hubertus Porada: On the tectonics and metamorphosis of the Pennine zone between the Dora Maira and Mercantour massifs. In: Yearbook of Geology and Paleontology. Treatises Vol. 124, Göttingen 1964 (dissertation)