Lake Nisramont

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Name: Lake Nisramont
Water system: Meuse (Maas)
Water type: Artificial lake
Progression: Ourthe -> Meuse (Maas) -> Bergse Maas -> Amer (Meuse distributary) -> Hollands Diep -> Haringvliet Estuary -> North Sea -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Temperate
Continents: Europe
Countries: Belgium

Lake Nisramont is located in Wallonia in the south-east of Belgium on the river Ourthe in the municipality of La Roche-en-Ardenne, province of Luxembourg. It is named after Nisramont, a village near the lake. The dam has a length of 116 m and is 16 m high. The volume of water is 3,000,000 m3 and the area of the lake is 0.47 km2. The dam has fish ladders and a hydro-electric power station. The dam was erected at the point where the Western Ourthe and Eastern Ourthe merge to form the Ourthe. The lake is a tourist attraction, with water sports, including canoeing and fishing.

Lake Nisramont

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