View from the Panoramastrasse Oberaar in SW direction to another hydropower reservoir in the Bernese Alps, close to the Grimselpass. The dam was completed in 1953, and the outflow drains into the Grimselsee. The Oberaargletscher can be seen in the background in front of the Oberaarhorn (3629 m).

Keywords

alpine vegetation, artificial dam, cultural landscape, glacial processes, glacier, high-mountain ecosystems, hydraulic engineering, lake, mountainscape, mountaintop, power plant, Zonobiome VI

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Saturday 21 August 2021 by Martin Mergili in Europe / Switzerland (2364 visits)