Sufnersee is a
reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including control ...
between
Splügen
Splügen ( Romansh: ''Spleia'', Italian: ''Spluga'') is a former municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2006 Splügen incorporated its neighbouring municipality of Medels im Rheinwald. On 1 January ...
and
Sufers
Sufers ( Romansh: ''Sur'') is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
History
Sufers is first mentioned in 831 as ''Subere''.
Geography
Sufers has an area, , of . Of this area, 13.4% is used for agricultural p ...
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.
See also
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List of lakes of Switzerland
This article contains a sortable table listing all major lakes of Switzerland. The table includes all still water bodies, natural or artificial, that have a surface area of at least , regardless of water volume, maximum depth or other metric. T ...
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List of mountain lakes of Switzerland
This is a list of high-altitude lakes in Switzerland. It includes all significant lakes, natural or artificial, with an area over 4 hectares and a height over 800 metres above sea level. This height approximately corresponds to the transit ...
External links
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Lakes of Graubünden
Reservoirs in Switzerland
RSufnersee
Rheinwald
Sufers
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