Sufnersee
Encyclopedia
Sufnersee is a reservoir
between Splügen
and Sufers
on the Hinterrhein
river in the Grisons, Switzerland
. The dam
Sufers was built 1962. The reservoir has a volume of 17.5 million m³ and its surface area is 0.90 km²
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Reservoir
A reservoir , artificial lake or dam is used to store water.Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of a dam or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such as brickwork or cast concrete.The term reservoir may also be used to...
between Splügen
Splügen
Splügen may refer to:* Splügen, a municipality in the Swiss alps* Splügen Pass, an Alpine pass between Switzerland and Italy...
and Sufers
Sufers
Sufers is a municipality in the district of Hinterrhein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.-Geography:Sufers has an area, , of . Of this area, 13.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23.8% is forested...
on the Hinterrhein
Hinterrhein (river)
The Hinterrhein is one of the initial tributaries of the Rhine in the Canton of Graubünden in Switzerland, flowing from the village Hinterrhein near the San Bernardino pass through the Rheinwald valley into a gorge called Roflaschlucht...
river in the Grisons, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. The dam
Dam
A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...
Sufers was built 1962. The reservoir has a volume of 17.5 million m³ and its surface area is 0.90 km²
1 E5 m²
To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, areas between 10 hectares and 100 hectares are listed below.* Areas smaller than 0.1 km2* 0.1 km2 is equal to:**1 E+5 m² or 100,000 m2...
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