Lac de Vallon is a
lake
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at
Bellevaux
Bellevaux (; frp, Balavô) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
See also
*Communes of the Haute-Savoie department
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in the
Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè d'Amont'' or ''Hiôta-Savouè''; en, Upper Savoy) or '; it, Alta Savoia. is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its prefecture is ...
department of
France
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. The lake formed in 1943 when a landslide blocked the course of the Brévon river.
Vallon, Lac
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