Klingnauer Stausee

Klingnauer Stausee
Klingnauer Stausee
Location	Aargau
Coordinates	47°35′N 8°14′E / 47.583°N 8.233°E / 47.583; 8.233Coordinates: 47°35′N 8°14′E / 47.583°N 8.233°E / 47.583; 8.233
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Aare
Primary outflows	Aare
Basin countries	Switzerland
Max. length	3 km (1.9 mi)
Max. width	500 m (1,600 ft)
Surface area	1.16 km2 (0.45 sq mi)
Max. depth	8.5 m (28 ft)
Surface elevation	318 m (1,043 ft)
Islands	1
Settlements	Döttingen, Klingnau
Ramsar Wetland
Designated	9 November 1990
Reference no.	507[1]

The Klingnauer Stausee (or "Klingnau reservoir") is a reservoir near Böttstein, canton of Aargau, Switzerland, at

47°35′N 8°14′E / 47.583°N 8.233°E / 47.583; 8.233. The reservoir with a surface of 1.16 km² (0.45 sq mi) was formed at the construction of a power plant on the Aare river in the 1930s.^{[citation needed]}

See also[]

• List of lakes of Switzerland

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Klingnauer Stausee at Wikimedia Commons
• http://www.klingnauerstausee.ch