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Grande Dixence Year: 1961
Height: 285 m
 Picture: VAW
Volume of the Dam: 6000000 m3
 Type: Gravity
Crest Length: 695 m
 Fondation: Rock
Town: Hérémence
 Canton: Valais/Wallis
Owner: Grande Dixence SA, Sion
Reservoir
Name: Lac des Dix
 River: Dixence
Volume: 401 mio m3
 Watershed: 43.6 km2
Surface: 430 ha
 Length: 5.3 km
 Situation
Spillway
 Length view
Type: None
 Capacité: 0 m3/s
 Cross Section