Stausee Mapragg (''Mapragg reservoir'') is located at
Pfäfers in the
Canton of St. Gallen,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. Its surface area is . The
reservoir and
Gigerwaldsee are operated by Kraftwerke Sarganserwald (
NOK group) for
pumped-storage hydroelectricity
Pumped-storage hydroelectricity (PSH), or pumped hydroelectric energy storage (PHES), is a type of hydroelectric energy storage used by electric power systems for load balancing. The method stores energy in the form of gravitational potential ...
.
See also
*
List of mountain lakes of Switzerland
External links
Swissdams: Mapgragg*
company information
Kraftwerke Sarganserland visitor information
scheme
Lakes of the canton of St. Gallen
Mapragg
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