The Lac de Tolla is a reservoir in the
Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of
Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...
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It is the largest lake on Corsica, and powers a hydroelectric plant.
Location
The Lac de Tolla is formed by a dam (Barrage de Tolla) on the
Prunelli
The Prunelli is a small coastal river in the department of Corse-du-Sud, Corsica, France.
It flows into the Golfe d'Ajaccio on the Mediterranean Sea.
Course
The Prunelli is long.
It crosses the communes of Ajaccio, Bastelica, Bastelicaccia, Caur ...
river.
The Ruisseau d'Agnone and the
Ese River
The Ese (french: Ese or Rivière d'Ese) is a river in the department of Corse-du-Sud, Corsica, France. It is a tributary of the Prunelli river, which it joins in the Lac de Tolla.
Course
The Ese is long.
It crosses the communes of Bastelica, C ...
also empty into the lake.
It is in the commune of
Tolla just south of the village of Tolla.
The D3 road runs along its north shore.
Lake Tolla is at an altitude of .
There is a belvedere on the heights above the lake from which the dam can be seen.
It is less than an hour's drive away from
Ajaccio
Ajaccio (, , ; French: ; it, Aiaccio or ; co, Aiacciu , locally: ; la, Adiacium) is a French commune, prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud, and head office of the ''Collectivité territoriale de Corse'' (capital city of Corsica). ...
.
Dam
The Barrage de Tolla was built between 1958 and 1960, and was commissioned in 1965.
It is owned and operated by ''
Électricité de France
Électricité de France S.A. (literally ''Electricity of France''), commonly known as EDF, is a French multinational electric utility company, largely owned by the French state. Headquartered in Paris, with €71.2 billion in revenues in 2 ...
'' (EDF).
It is a gravity dam high and long with a crest elevation of .
It impounds of water.
Between 3 November and 20 December of water entered the reservoir, three times its capacity.
Typically the reservoir would receive five times its capacity of water each year.
On 20 December 2019 the Fabien storm caused the dam to overflow, but the structure was not damaged.
When producing the maximum amount of electricity the dam releases of water per second.
At the time of the flood the inflow was per second.
Reservoir
File:Korsika – Lac de Tolla - panoramio (1).jpg, The lake from a distance
File:Korsika – Lac de Tolla - panoramio.jpg, Tolla village
File:LacTolla 2018-04a.jpg, The dam
The reservoir covers .
It is fed by a watershed of .
The lake is popular with tourists in the summer from June to September.
Swimming, kayaking, paddling, etc. are allowed, but motorized boats are not allowed.
Anglers may fish for pike, pike perch, perch, carp, roach and catfish.
See also
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List of waterbodies of Corse-du-Sud
This list of waterbodies of Corse-du-Sud includes static bodies of water (lakes, reservoirs, coastal lagoons) and flowing bodies of water (rivers and streams) in the department of Corse-du-Sud on the island of Corsica.
Static waterbodies Natu ...
Notes
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Reservoirs of Corsica