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on the Rhine and makes its way up the valley towards St. Blasien, running for about 1.4 kilometres along the eastern shore of the reservoir before reaching the town.
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lies mostly on the territory of the town of St. Blasien; a smaller part of the lake in the west and the entire dam wall lie within the municipality of
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is the company that runs the hydropower stations around the Schluchsee. In their network, the Alb Reservoir and its sister, the
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When the reservoir is cleaned out, the sediments are not taken to rubbish tips, but used to create a bird island.
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The location of the Alb Basin within the cascade of power stations in the Schluchsee Group
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The Alb Reservoir lies in the valley of the Alb at about 737 metres above sea level (
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in south Germany. It is part of the pumped storage network of the
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Pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations in Germany
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List of pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations
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Waldshut
Baden-Württemberg
47°44′48″N 8°08′45″E / 47.74667°N 8.14583°E / 47.74667; 8.14583
Schluchseewerk
St. Blasien
Dachsberg
‹See Tfd›
German
storage reservoir
River Alb
St. Blasien
Southern Black Forest
Schluchseewerk
Schluchsee
Rhine
gravity dam
Normalnull
reservoir
Dachsberg
Albbruck


Mettma Reservoir
Mettma
Schwarzabruck Reservoir
Schwarza valley
List of dams in Germany
List of pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations
Germany portal

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