Lake Nisramont (French: ''lac de Nisramont'') is located in
Wallonia
Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...
in the south-east of
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
on the river
Ourthe in the municipality of
La Roche-en-Ardenne
La Roche-en-Ardenne ( wa, Li Rotche) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg and the arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium. Lying beside a bend in the River Ourthe, the small town of La Roche-en-Ardenne ...
,
province of Luxembourg
Luxembourg (french: Luxembourg ; nl, Luxemburg ; german: Luxemburg ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; wa, Lussimbork), also called Belgian Luxembourg, is the southernmost province of Wallonia and of Belgium. It borders on the country of Luxembourg to the ea ...
.
It is named after Nisramont, a village near the lake. The
dam
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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
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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
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and
fishing
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.
See also
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Reservoirs in Belgium
Lakes of the Ardennes (Belgium)
Lakes of Luxembourg (Belgium)
Lake Nisramont
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, Luxembourg (Belgium), province of Luxembourg.
It is named after Nisramont, a villag ...