Lac de l'Hongrin

Lac de l'Hongrin
Geographical location	Canton of Vaud
Tributaries	Hongrin , Petit Hongrin , various mountain streams
Drain	Hongrin
Data
Coordinates	569 996  /  141 561 coordinates: 46 ° 25 '29 "  N , 7 ° 2' 54"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred sixty-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-six  /  one hundred and forty-one thousand five hundred sixty-one
Altitude above sea level	1255  m above sea level M.
surface	1.6 km²
Maximum depth	105 m
particularities	two arch dams side by side

The Lac de l'Hongrin is located in the canton of Vaud in the communes of Château-d'Oex and Ormont-Dessous . The water is processed in the Veytaux power station and then flows into Lake Geneva . In this way, the catchment area of ​​the Hongrin , which drains to the Rhine , is partly fed to the Rhone via the European main watershed .

The reservoir can be reached from the east via La Lécherette , from the southwest via Corbeyrier or from the north via Montbovon .

The area south of Lac de l'Hongrin is a military firing range, so that on weekdays access is often restricted or not possible at all.

history

The two arch dams Hongrin Nord and Hongrin Sud were completed in 1969; the entire construction work lasted from 1966 to 1971.

Technical data of the dams

Hongrin Nord and Hongrin Sud
Completion:	1969	1969
Lock type:	Arch dam	Arch dam
Crown length:	325 m	272 m
Height:	125 m	90 m
Lock volume:	235,000 m³	220,000 m³
Catchment area:	45.6 km²
Storage volume:	53.2 million m³
Surface:	160 ha
Length:	2.7 km
Capacity:	100 m³ / s
Forces Motrices Hongrin-Léman, Lausanne

Lac de l'Hongrin

Web links

Commons : Lac de l'Hongrin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Aerial views of the reservoir
• Mountain lakes Vaud

Individual evidence

1. ^ Forces Motrices Hongrin-Léman SA (FMHL). (No longer available online.) Alpiq, archived from the original on November 10, 2012 ; Retrieved November 10, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.