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Lake Nisramont

Coordinates: 50°08′40″N 5°40′07″E / 50.1445°N 5.6685°E / 50.1445; 5.6685
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Lake Nisramont
Dam of Nisramont
Lake Nisramont is located in Belgium
Lake Nisramont
Lake Nisramont
Coordinates50°08′40″N 5°40′07″E / 50.1445°N 5.6685°E / 50.1445; 5.6685
TypeFreshwater artificial lake
Basin countries Wallonia, Belgium
Max. length4 km (2.5 mi)
Max. width0.1 km (0.062 mi)
Surface area0.47 km2 (0.18 sq mi)
Water volume3×10^6 m3 (2,400 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation285 m (935 ft)
Islands0
SettlementsLa Roche-en-Ardenne

Lake Nisramont (French: lac de 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 (Ourthe Occidentale) and Eastern Ourthe (Ourthe Orientale) merge to form the Ourthe. The lake is a tourist attraction, with water sports, including canoeing and fishing.

Panorama of the lake

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