Oberaarsee
Sign in to saveOberaarsee is a hydroelectric reservoir in the Grimsel area, part of the municipality of Guttannen, Switzerland. Its surface area is . The Oberaar dam was completed in 1953, and is operated by Kraftwerke Oberhasli. It is drained by the Oberaarbach, which flows into the Grimselsee.
Key facts
- Body of water.name
- Oberaarsee
- Body of water.image
- Grimsel Oberaarsee.jpg
- Body of water.location
- Guttannen, Canton of Bern
- Body of water.type
- reservoir
- Body of water.basin_countries
- Switzerland
- Body of water.pushpin_map
- Canton of Bern#Switzerland#Alps
- Body of water.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Body of water.mapframe
- yes
- Body of water.mapframe zoom
- 13
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- Area
- 1.47
- Elevation
- 2303
- Image
- Grimsel Oberaarsee.jpg
- Length
- 2.8
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- vertical depth
- 90
- watershed area
- 19.4
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- Oberaarsee
- volume as quantity
- 57
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Oberaarsee is a hydroelectric reservoir in the Grimsel area, part of the municipality of Guttannen, Switzerland. Its surface area is . The Oberaar dam was completed in 1953, and is operated by Kraftwerke Oberhasli. It is drained by the Oberaarbach, which flows into the Grimselsee.
The Oberaar glacier is located west of the lake.
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