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Lago della Sella is a
reservoir
A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.
Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...
near
St. Gotthard Pass in the canton of
Ticino
Ticino ( ), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino, is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eight districts ...
,
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
. The
gravity dam with a height of 36 m was completed in 1947.
The dam was planned and built under control of the Swiss engineer Fritz Gigax.
See also
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List of lakes of Switzerland
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List of mountain lakes of Switzerland
External links
Swissdams: Sella
Lakes of Ticino
Reservoirs in Switzerland
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