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List of dams and reservoirs in Germany

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These are dams and reservoirs in Germany.

The German word Talsperre (literally: valley barrier) may mean dam, but it is often used to include the associated reservoir as well.[1] The reservoirs are often separately given names ending in -see, -teich or -speicher which are the German words for "lake", "pond" and "reservoir", but in this case all may also be translated as "reservoir". The more specific word for the actual dam is Staumauer and for the lake is Stausee.

In Thuringia there are 171 reservoirs. The biggest of them are:

See also

References

  1. ^ Worsch, Wolfgang. Großwörterbuch Deutsch-Englisch, Langescheidt Muret-Sanders, Langescheidt KG, 2004, p. 1010. ISBN 3-468-02126-7
  2. ^ Rappbodetalsperre at www.talsperren.net. Retrieved on 17 Oct 2009.