Monteynard dam
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| Coordinates | 44 ° 57 '40 " N , 5 ° 41' 18" E | ||||||
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| Lock type: | Arch dam | ||||||
| Construction time: | 1955-1962 | ||||||
| Height of the barrier structure : | 153 m | ||||||
| Building volume: | 457 000 m³ | ||||||
| Crown length: | 230 m | ||||||
| Crown width: | 5 m | ||||||
| Base width: | 20 m | ||||||
| Power plant output: | 364 MW | ||||||
| Operator: | Electricité de France | ||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||
| Water surface | 6.6 km² | ||||||
| Storage space | 275 million m³ | ||||||
| Design flood : | 2 500 m³ / s | ||||||
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The Monteynard dam ( French Barrage de Monteynard ) is a dam in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in France. It was built from 1955 to 1962 in the Isère department between the towns of Monteynard and Avignonet .
It has a 153 m high arch dam as a barrier structure and thus dams the Drac to the 6.6 km² Lac de Monteynard . In the hydropower plant dam are four Francis turbines installed, the generators can provide a total of up to 364 MW.
See also
Commons : Barrage de Monteynard - collection of images, videos and audio files
- List of the largest dams on earth
- List of the largest reservoirs on earth
- List of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world
- List of dams in the world
