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Lac Brenet

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Location
  
Vaud

Basin countries
  
Switzerland

Max. width
  
500 m (1,600 ft)

Area
  
80 ha

Width
  
500 m

Primary outflows
  
underground

Max. length
  
1.5 km (0.93 mi)

Surface elevation
  
1,002 m

Length
  
1.5 km

Lac Brenet httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Type
  
natural lake, reservoir

Similar
  
Dent de Vaulion, Orbe, Jura Mountains, Grottes de Vallorbe, Lago dei Cavagnöö

Lac Brenet is a lake in the Vallée de Joux, canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is located north of the Lac de Joux, only 200 metres away. Its elevation of 1002 metres is 2 metres below that of Lac de Joux.

Map of Lac Brenet, Switzerland

The lake used to drain naturally underground and the water resurfaced at the source of the Orbe River. Today the lake is used as a reservoir of the hydroelectric plant at Vallorbe.

It is not to be confused with Lac des Brenets.

References

Lac Brenet Wikipedia