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Lago di Luzzone 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 ...
in
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
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. The reservoir has a volume of 108 million m³ and a surface area of .
[Swiss Dams: Luzzone](_blank)
, Information on the dam and reservoir from the Swiss Committee on Dams. It is located in the upper Blenio valley, in the municipalities of
Ghirone and
Aquila.
The reservoir is surrounded by peaks of the
Adula Alps
The Adula Alps, also known as the West Graubünden and Misox Alps, are a western Alpine mountain group, the part of the Lepontine Alps from the Lukmanier Pass, Lukmanier and St Gotthard Passes to the Splügen Pass.
They lie mostly in Switzerlan ...
, some of which rise more than 3,000 meters, and is located at a height of 1,606 meters above sea level. The highest is
Piz Terri (3,149 m), on the north-east side of the lake, followed by the
Plattenberg (3,041 m), on the east side. The
Torrone di Nav (2,832 m) overlooks the lake from the south, while
Pizzo Pianca (2,377 m) overlooks the lake from the north.
The
arch dam
An arch dam is a concrete dam that is curved upstream in plan. The arch dam is designed so that the force of the water against it, known as hydrostatic pressure, presses against the arch, causing the arch to straighten slightly and strengtheni ...
Luzzone was completed in 1963. In the years 1997–1998, its height was increased by 17 m.
[, Information on the dam and reservoir.] The dam is frequently used by the popular
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channel
How Ridiculous to perform drop tests,
and a
Top Gear episode showed an occupied car doing a
bungee jump.
One wall of the dam currently features the world's highest artificial
climbing wall
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. A
German
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manufacturer of climbing holds installed a line of over 650 artificial holds and bolts. The course covers a vertical distance of 165 meters, going from the base of the dam to the top. The climb must be done as a
multi-pitch bolted
sport climbing
Sport climbing (or bolted climbing) is a type of free climbing in the sport of rock climbing where the Lead climbing, lead climber clips their climbing rope, rope — via a quickdraw — into pre-drilled in-situ bolt (climbing), bolts for their ...
route. Furthermore, the lowest holds were placed several meters above the ground to deter casual visitors from climbing on them.
See also
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List of lakes of Switzerland
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List of mountain lakes of Switzerland
This is a list of high-altitude lakes of Switzerland. It includes all significant lakes located either entirely or partly in Switzerland, both natural and artificial, with an area of at least 4 ha (9.9 acres) and a location at over above sea l ...
References
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Swisstopo
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The current name was made official in 2002. It had been used as the domain name for the homepage of the instituteswisstopo.admi ...
topographic maps
Notes
External links
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Photos of the artificial climbing wall
Lakes of Ticino
Reservoirs in Switzerland
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