Travel Guide Greenhouse Nerpol

(SERRE LAKE) The Alps are the result of catchment rivers. Among these capricious rivers, the Durance whose waters come from half of the melting of snow caused many catastrophic floods in the centuries, particularly the region of Avignon. That's why man used impressive ways to control the effects of floods while supporting water needs during the summer season. It was in 1895 that the final project of the dam was established on the Greenhouse-Ponçon site, which was binding on the exodus of 1 500 inhabitants. Construction of the dam will begin only half a century later, in 1955 very precisely, to complete in 1961. With a 120 m high dam, the Serre-Ponçon dam is the second largest reservoir of artificial water in Europe with impressive figures: 1,2 miliard of m 3 water and 2 800 hectares of surface fuel fuel 16 hydroelectric power plants, providing 10% of French hydroelectric production and 50% of the production of PACA Region! It also provides drinking water in the city like Marseilles, Sisteron and many municipalities in the Var coastline. If you can visit the dam, leisure activities are not missing on and around this tourist cluster.Here you will find seven beaches arranged and monitored in summer - near Embrun, but also downstream - and two sites for water skiing. Maybe you want sports navigation? You can choose between different bases, including seven with F.F.V. affiliated sailing schools and for quieter pleasures, it organizes departures of «boat boats» in Savines, Chorges, Rousset and La Bréole. Fishermen lagging behind or at the same time can also dream of trout, pike, perch and other carp, etc. And skiers are not forgotten: on the lake from Les Orres! And there are no notable sites all around a lake that makes the link between Haute-Alpes and Alpes de Haute-Provence: Around, Boscodonn Abbey, Embrun, Ecrins National Park and the many panoramas of a lake to be discovered as a family.